(Reed,1993)

Burrel, G. 1988 Organizational Studies

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(Schultz, 1992)
(Nooteboom, 1992) (Strong , 1996)

(postmodernism)
1930-1960 (functionalist)
(Hatch, 1997)

---,1989
(Brown, 1994)
(modernism)
(consistency)(unity)

(Bergguist, 1993)

(Schultz,
1992) Featherstone
Kilduff& Mehra, 1997
Mats Alverson(1995)(postmodernity)

(postmodernism)

Alverson(1995)

(Burrell, 1993; Jeffcutt, 1993;

Linstead, 1993; Parker, 1992)

(Carter& Jackson, 1993; Bjorkegren, 1993; Alverson, 1993;

Mills, 1993; Hearn& Parkin, 1993)
(Alverson, 1995; Reed, 1993; Thompson, 1993; Parker, 1993)
Martin Parker Parker(1992)
(Tsoukas,1992) Parker(1993)

(critical modernism)
Parker(1995)
Tsoukas(1992)Tsoukas(1992)(rationalism)
(comprehensive)(reflexive)
(Reason)

Tsoukas

Parker Tsoukas
(hard)(soft)

(interminable interrogation)
(solipsism)
Parker Tsoukas

Kilduff& Mehra(1997)
(antimodernism)

Brown(1993) Harvey Bouchet
1
1
/
/
/
/
/(determinancy)
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/
/(outer-directed)
/
/
/(parody)
/
/

Burrell(1993)
2

(de-differentiation)

(auratic)

(discursive signification)
(figural)
(text)


(literacy)

(discipline)

(videocy)

(spectacle)
(paralogy)

Clegg(1990)
1

(diffusion)
2

(disempowerment)

4 (accountability)
(extra-organizational)

(skill formation)

5
(techniques)
6

1 /

Firat&Venkatesh(1995)
(genealogy)Hassard(1993)
(epoch) 3
4

(realism)

-(Subject-matter)
-

(Ethno-industrialism)

(brute)

(Representation)

(Reflexivity)
(Writing)
(logocentric)

(Difference)

(agency)

(De-centering

the subject)

(symbolic -interpretive)


5 6
(Hatch,1997)

---

---

(part)
-

(collage)


(grand
narrative)(culture depth)
(unity)(consistency)
(superficial multiplicity)(difference)
(discontinuity)
Toffler
(rules)(principles)
(Schultz,1992)

(metaphor)

2
3
(Schultz,1992)

1 (ritual)


(consensus)
(dissensus)(subculture)

Joanne Martin Debra Meyerson

(integration)(differentiation)
(fragmentation)

(Hatch,1997)
2

Schultz(1992) 1980

(Mills,1993)

opportunism
)(bounded rationality)
transaction -specificity of assets)

(trust)(atmosphere)
Williamson

(Nooteboom,1992)

(androcentric)

(mind set)
(Kelly,1996)

(Strong,1996)


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A Postmodern Perspective on Organizational Analysis

Da-Chang Pai, Lecturer
Department of Business Administration,Chungchou Industrial of
Technology.
1

Cheng-Yu Chiang, Dr. Program

Graduate Institute of Industrial Technology Education, National Taiwan Normal
University.
2

Abstract
Postmodernism has been greatly influenced the research of social science
including organization studies. This paper tries to outline the influence of
postmodernism on organization studies by introducing postmodern analysis
on subjects such as organizational culture, transaction cost,and natural
environment. We also briefly discuss epistemological implications of
postmodernism on organizational analysis.
Key wordspostmodernismorganizational analysiscorporate
culture transaction cost