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This volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks), resulting in a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis.
Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy
List of Contributors.
Bureaucracy and Hierarchy - what Else!?.
'Little Cogs': Bureaucracy and the Career in British Banking, c. 1900-1950.
The End of Bureaucracy?.
Bureaucracy: An Idea Whose Time has Come (Again)?.
Understanding Hierarchy in Contemporary Work.
The Cultural Fantasy of Hierarchy: Sovereignty and the Desire for Spiritual Purity.
Crossing of Boundaries - Subordinates' Challenges to Organisational Hierarchy.
The Birth of Biocracy.
Super Flat: Hierarchy, Culture and Dimensions of Organizing.
About the Editors.
About the Authors.
Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy - From the Bureau to Network Organizations.
Research in the sociology of organizations.
Research in the sociology of organizations.
Copyright page.
Advisory Board.