The contributors to this volume challenge popular assumptions about organizations in order to redirect the ways in which organizational research is conceived and executed.

Part One: Theory 1. Paradigm Diversity in Organisational Research Gareth Morgan 2. Breaking Up the Mono-Method Monopolies in Organisation Analysis Joanne Martin 3. Beyond Paradigmatic Closure in Organisational Inquiry Hugh Willmott Part Two: Analysis 4. The Labour Process Perspective on Management Organisation Michael Reed 5. The Rise of Organisational Symbolism Barry Turner 6. Ethnomethodology and Organisational Research: An Introduction John Hassard 7. Modernism, Postmodernism and Organisation Michael Power 8. The Diabolisation of Death: Some Thoughts on the Obsolescence of Morality in Organisational Theory and Practice Burkard Sievers 9. Chronological Codes and Organisational Analysis Peter Clark Part Three: Philosopy 10. Organisation/Disorganisation Robert Cooper 11. Person, Role and Organisation: Some Constructivist Notes Roger Holmes 12. An Alternative to Paradigm Incommensurability in Organisation Theory John Hassard Part Four: Epilogue 13. Post-Paradigm Inquiry Denis Pym