The Oxford Handbook of Process Philosophy and Organization Studies (Oxford Handbooks)

"Process approaches to organization studies focus on flow, activities, and evolution, understanding organizations and organizing as processes in the making. They stand in contrast to positivist approaches that see organizations and phenomena as fixed, static, and measurable. Process approaches draw on a range of ideas and philosophies. The Handbook examines 34 philosophers and social theorists, both those commonly linked to process thinking, such as Whitehead, Bergson and James, and those that are not as often addressed from a process perspective such as Dilthey and Tarde. Each chapter addresses the background and context of this thinker, their work (with a focus on the processual elements), and the potential contribution to organization and management research. For students and scholars in the field of Organization Studies this book is an entry point into the work of philosophical thinkers and social theorists for whom the world is far from being a solid place." Process Approaches To Organization Studies Focus On Flow, Activities, And Evolution, Understanding Organizations And Organizing As Processes In The Making. They Stand In Contrast To Positivist Approaches That See Organizations And Phenomena As Fixed, Static, And Measurable. Process Approaches Draw On A Range Of Ideas And Philosophies. The Handbook Examines 34 Philosophers And Social Theorists, Both Those Commonly Linked To Process Thinking, Such As Whitehead, Bergson And James, And Those That Are Not As Often Addressed From A Process Perspective Such As Dilthey And Tarde. Each Chapter Addresses The Background And Context Of This Thinker, Their Work (with A Focus On The Processual Elements), And The Potential Contribution To Organization And Management Research. Process Is How Process Does / Jenny Helin ... [et Al.] -- Laozi's Daodejing (6th Century Bc) / Jack Barbalet -- Heraclitus (540-480 Bc) / Ajit Nayak -- Confucius (551-479 Bc) / Yuan Li And Wen Haiming -- Zhuangzi (369 Bc) / Yuan Li And Wen Haiming -- Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) / Daniel Hjorth And Robin Holt -- Gottfired Leibniz (1646-1716) / Elke Weik -- Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) / Sverre Raffnsøe, Matial Møl Dalsgaard, And Marius Gudmand-høyer -- Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) / Andrus Tool -- Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) / Philippe Lorino -- William James (1842-1910) / Thomas C. Powell -- Gabriel Tarde (1843-1900) / Christian Borch -- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) / Robin Hold And Daniel Hjorth -- Henri Bergson (1859-1941) / Steven Linstead -- John Dewey (1859-1952) / Linh-chi Vo And Mihaela Kelemen -- Alfred North Whitehead (1863-1947) / Tor Hernes -- George Herbert Mead (1863-1931) / Barbara Simpson -- Nishida Kitarō̄ (1870-1945) / Robert Chia --^ Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1952) / Robert Richardson, Matt Statler, And Saku Mantere -- Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) / Bogdan Costea And Kostas Amiridis -- Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1979) / Ann L. Cunliffe, Jenny Helin, And John T. Luhman -- Jacques-marie-Èmile Lacan (1901-1981) / Nancy Harding -- Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) / Mike Zundel --hannah Arendt (1906-1975) / Richard Pl Nielsen -- Simone De Beauvour (1908-1986) / Melissa Tyler -- Maurice Merleau-ponty (1908-1961) / Wendelin Kuepers -- Arne Naess (1912-2009) / Carien De Jonge And Gail Whiteman -- Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) / Henrika Franck -- Harold Garfinkel (1917-2011) / Nick Llewellyn -- George Spencer-brown (1923b) / Tore Bakken -- Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) / Anders R. Kristensen, Thomas Lopdurp-hjorth, And Bent Meier Sørensen -- Michel Foucault (1926-1984) / Richard Weiskopf And Hugh Willmott -- Luce Irigaray (1930b) / Heiather Höpel -- Michel Serres (1930b) / Chris Steyaert -- Peter Sloterdijk (1947b) / Timon Beyes --^ Process And Reality / Robert Cooper. Edited By Jenny Helin ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.