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| Author: | Hodgson, D.E. |
| Title: | Project work: the legacy of bureaucratic control in the post-bureaucratic organization |
| Journal: | Organization
2004 : JAN, VOL. 11:1, p. 81-100 |
| Index terms: | Bureaucracy Control Organizational control Project management |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Much of the interest in "post-bureaucracy" in both managerialist and critical circles resides in its perceived potential to break with the traditions of bureaucratic, hierarchical control in work organizations. In response to the challenges of the post-bureaucratic form, project management has been put forward by many as a "tried-and-tested" package of techniques able to cope with discontinuous work, expert labour and continuous and unpredictable change while delivering the levels of reliability and control of the traditional bureaucracy. Some of the contradictions and tensions are explored within a department where such a "hybrid" mode of control is implemented, embodying both bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic logis. |
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