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| Author: | Cooper, R. |
| Title: | Modernism, post modernism and organizational analysis:the contribution of Jacques Derrida. |
| Journal: | Organization Studies
1989 : VOL.10:4, p. 479-502 |
| Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY SOCIAL RESEARCH DIVISION OF LABOUR SOCIAL STRUCTURE BUREAUCRACY LANGUAGES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Specifically, Derrida's work is viewed as a contribution to the analysis of process (as opposed to structure) in social systems. In this context, three interrelated themes of his work - deconstruction, the logic of writing, the "difference" - are described and their implications explored for social and organizational analysis. Derrida's account of the logic of writing shows it to be fundamental to the division of labour and therefore to significant dimensions (complexity, formalization) of formal organization. One of the essential functions of organization theories is observed to explain and justify the structures they represent. This point is clarified by the deconstruction of the "formalist" and "expertise" models of bureaucracy. |
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