Dissolving Organization Theory?

Neil Washbourne and Willemijn Dicke

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2001, vol. 31, issue 3, 91-112

Abstract: The narrative of progress has been central to modern organization theory, but as other narratives have come to the fore in contemporary organizing scholarship, it is now being challenged. Using narrative analysis, this article investigates contemporary water management in England and Wales. Four key narratives are identified, and these are shown to present a number of challenges to modem organization theory. Contemporary organizational theorists from a variety of perspectives have sought to overcome these challenges, but we argue that they have not succeeded. Instead, we propose an alternative way forward—one that takes us beyond the current deadlock.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2001.11656822

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