Origins of Organizing

Edited by Tuomo Peltonen, Aalto University, Finland, Hugo Gaggiotti, Associate Professor of Organization Studies, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK and Visiting Professor, Robert Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies, New School for Social Research, New York, US and Peter Case, Professor of Organization Studies, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, UK and Professor of Management and Organization Studies, School of Business, James Cook University, Australia

'We need to reflect upon the historical origins of organizing that extend far further than people usually think. This reflection must be critical and open to alternative histories and explanations. Origins of Organizing does just that. This book offers fascinating insights not only for those interested in organization and management history or critically oriented management and organizational studies, but for anyone engaged with organization theory or management practice, seeking for a deeper understanding of what organizing is all about. This is because the book is compiled and written in a reflexive manner that does not offer one truth but a number of perspectives that help to enrich our understanding of organizing and its various origins.'--Eero Vaara, Aalto University School of Business, Finland'Origins of Organizing is a major contribution to the ''historic turn'' in organization theory. For those wishing to explore this fascinating aspect of organizational analysis I can think of no better source. Simply an outstanding collection of essays by some of the world's foremost thinkers in the field. Highly recommended.' --John Hassard, University of Manchester, UK

• Contents:Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizingTuomo Peltonen, Hugo Gaggiotti and Peter CasePART I THEORETICAL ORIGINS1. Chaos: The Unspeakable Other to Origins and OrganizingGibson Burrell2. Revisiting the sociological origins of organization theory: The forgotten legacy of Pitirim SorokinTuomo Peltonen3. Neglecting the Anthropological Origins of Organizing: causes and consequencesHugo Gaggiotti, Monika Kostera and Paweł Krzyworzeka4. She Came and Stayed: A de Beauvoirean Approach to OrganizingCaterina Bettin and Albert J. MillsPART II HISTORICAL ORIGINS5. Organizing in the Roman EmpireBarbara Czarniawska6. A Daoist epistemology for understanding an alternative origin of organizingWenjin Dai7. The Origins of Organizing in the Sixteenth CenturyJose Bento da Silva and Ioanna Iordanou8. The Quakers: Forgotten PioneersDonncha Kavanagh and Martin BrighamIndex