Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 5 Issue 1

Postmodernism and Postmodernity in Organization Analysis

Linda Rouleau, Stewart R. Clegg

Draws a distinction, via the edited text of an interview, between asociology of postmodernity and postmodernism: the latter has an emphasison theory and its intertextuality while…

Critical Theory and Organizational Sciences: A Primer

A.J. Grimes

Contrasts critical theory, a collection of writings which critiquedominate ideology, with traditional organizational sciences byconsidering six questions which illustrate their…

A Poststructuralist Perspective on the Third Dimension of Power

Joyce K. Fletcher

Examines the issue of unobtrusive power in organizations byapplying a poststructuralist lens to Lukes′ third dimension of power inorder to highlight the relationship between…

Postmodernism and Power/Control

Leonard C. Hawes

Poses the question of how to manage disorder, upheaval, revolution,transformation and chaos. When creativity and specialized work practicesare involved, there is persuasive…

Organization and the Body: Post‐Fordist Dimensions

William P. Hetrick, David M. Boje

Attempts to reformulate the notion of organizational controlconsidering the new dictates of the post‐Fordist agenda. Ideology, as acontrol mechanism, takes on a secondary role…

Postmodernism and Excellence: The De‐differentiation of Economy and Culture

Hugh Willmott

Explores the relationship between new trends in management thought(e.g. corporate culture, the Excellence literature) and postmodernistideas. Argues that a central theme of…

A Postmodern Organization Goes for a Modern Prize: A Brief Ethnography of CompuAdd′s Application for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Larry Davis Browning, James J. Ziaja, Debra R. France

Reviews the Baldrige Award as a modern document and views CompuAddas a post‐modern organization. Traces the steps of CompuAdd′sapplication for the Baldrige Award and shows…

Postmodernism and the Marketing Organization

A. Fuat Firat

It seems that postmodernism is no longer a theory or aphilosophical stance but a reality which impacts upon many facets oflife in, specifically, Western societies. It is…