Donncha Kavanagh is Senior Lecturer in Management at University College Cork, Ireland. He has published widely in the fields of management, marketing, organization studies and engineering. His research interests include the history and philosophy of management thought, pre-modern and postmodern modes of organizing and the sociology of knowledge and technology.Kieran Keohane is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland. He has published books and numerous articles in the fields of classical and contemporary social theory, collective identities and cultural studies.Carmen Kuhling is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She has published widely on the experience of social change and cultural transformation, new religious movements, women and migration.

• Contents: Playing with Play – Child’s Play: Childhood and ‘the Lack’ in Organizational Discourse – Playful Representations of Work – Dance as Play and Work: Images of Organization in Irish Dance – Talk and Silence: Playing with Silence as an Organizational Resource – Playing the Fool: The University as Fool – Play and Madness in the Market – Playing Business: Gambling and ‘Casino Capitalism’.

Donncha Kavanagh is Senior Lecturer in Management at University College Cork, Ireland. He has published widely in the fields of management, marketing, organization studies and engineering. His research interests include the history and philosophy of management thought, pre-modern and postmodern modes of organizing and the sociology of knowledge and technology.Kieran Keohane is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland. He has published books and numerous articles in the fields of classical and contemporary social theory, collective identities and cultural studies.Carmen Kuhling is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She has published widely on the experience of social change and cultural transformation, new religious movements, women and migration.

• Contents: Playing with Play – Child’s Play: Childhood and ‘the Lack’ in Organizational Discourse – Playful Representations of Work – Dance as Play and Work: Images of Organization in Irish Dance – Talk and Silence: Playing with Silence as an Organizational Resource – Playing the Fool: The University as Fool – Play and Madness in the Market – Playing Business: Gambling and ‘Casino Capitalism’.

Donncha Kavanagh is Senior Lecturer in Management at University College Cork, Ireland. He has published widely in the fields of management, marketing, organization studies and engineering. His research interests include the history and philosophy of management thought, pre-modern and postmodern modes of organizing and the sociology of knowledge and technology.Kieran Keohane is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland. He has published books and numerous articles in the fields of classical and contemporary social theory, collective identities and cultural studies.Carmen Kuhling is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Women’s Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She has published widely on the experience of social change and cultural transformation, new religious movements, women and migration.

• Contents: Playing with Play – Child’s Play: Childhood and ‘the Lack’ in Organizational Discourse – Playful Representations of Work – Dance as Play and Work: Images of Organization in Irish Dance – Talk and Silence: Playing with Silence as an Organizational Resource – Playing the Fool: The University as Fool – Play and Madness in the Market – Playing Business: Gambling and ‘Casino Capitalism’.