Weber and Foucault: Social Theory for the Study of Organizations
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Organization
- Vol. 1 (1) , 149-178
- https://doi.org/10.1177/135050849400100115
Abstract
Weber, credited with having founded organization theory, did so inadvertently, as the study of the ideal type of bureaucracy. A contrary interpretation suggests organization analysis would be a branch of cultural studies with the analysis of values at its core.Keywords
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