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Emerald Group Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of "Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy - from the Bureau to Network Organisations" (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, volume 35), edited by Thomas Diefenbach and Rune Todnem By.

Synopsis:

This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organization studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organization of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis of hierarchy and bureaucracy. The chapters range from minute accounts of a single case to broader historical analysis, from the 'classical' journal paper to essay-style elaborations.

The first section provides fundamentals and historical accounts of bureaucracy, highlighting negative and positive effects of bureaucracy and a differentiated picture with some future outlook. The second section focuses on the analysis of organizational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of hierarchy and bureaucracy by interrogating hierarchy in contemporary work via a new framework, exploring the cultural fantasy of hierarchy and sovereignty, and examining subordinates' challenges to organizational hierarchy. The final section comprises two chapters which provide some alternative views on, and alternatives to, hierarchy. One is alarming, the other is puzzling.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Bureaucracy and Hierarchy – what Else!?

Thomas Diefenbach, Rune Todnem By

Section I: Fundamentals and Historical Accounts of Bureaucracy

'Little Cogs': Bureaucracy and the Career in British Banking, c. 1900–1950

Alan McKinlay

The End of Bureaucracy?

Stewart R. Clegg

Bureaucracy: An Idea Whose Time has Come (Again)?

Haldor Byrkjeflot, Paul du Gay

Section II: Organisational, Cultural and Socio-Psychological Aspects of Hierarchy

Understanding Hierarchy in Contemporary Work

Susanne E. Lundholm, Jens Rennstam, Mats Alvesson

The Cultural Fantasy of Hierarchy: Sovereignty and the Desire for Spiritual Purity

Carl Rhodes, Peter Bloom

Crossing of Boundaries – Subordinates' Challenges to Organisational Hierarchy

Thomas Diefenbach, John A.A. Sillince

Section III: Alternative Views on, and Alternatives to Hierarchy

The Birth of Biocracy

Peter Fleming

Super Flat: Hierarchy, Culture and Dimensions of Organizing

Martin Parker

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Thanks,
Rachel

Rachel Gerlis

Assistant Commissioning Editor

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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