The Relativity of Organizing: Its Knowledge Presuppositions and its Pedagogical Implications for Comparative Management Export

@article{citeulike:5904809, abstract = {In this article it is argued that equifinality, comparability and market-based organizational pluralism are major characteristics of today's business world. Successful organizational forms are not representations of rational and efficient modes of organizing defined in an absolute sense, but contingent constructions developed with particular sociocultural contexts. It is further argued that the relativity of organizing presupposes the contingency of organizational knowledge, which is manifested in the latter's limited generalizability and restricted predictive potency. The lack of universal recipes for success and the relativity of organizing entail the pedagogical emphasis on a comparative understanding of organizational phenomena, the main features of which are explored in this article. 10.1177/1052562992016004121}, author = {Tsoukas, Haridimos}, citeulike-article-id = {5904809}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562992016004121}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jme.sagepub.com/content/16/4_suppl/147.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jme.sagepub.com/content/16/4_suppl/147.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1052562992016004121}, journal = {Journal of Management Education}, keywords = {knowledge\_management}, month = {December}, number = {4\_suppl}, pages = {147--162}, posted-at = {2009-10-24 13:41:07}, priority = {2}, title = {The Relativity of Organizing: Its Knowledge Presuppositions and its Pedagogical Implications for Comparative Management}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562992016004121}, volume = {16}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5904809 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5904809 N2 - In this article it is argued that equifinality, comparability and market-based organizational pluralism are major characteristics of today's business world. Successful organizational forms are not representations of rational and efficient modes of organizing defined in an absolute sense, but contingent constructions developed with particular sociocultural contexts. It is further argued that the relativity of organizing presupposes the contingency of organizational knowledge, which is manifested in the latter's limited generalizability and restricted predictive potency. The lack of universal recipes for success and the relativity of organizing entail the pedagogical emphasis on a comparative understanding of organizational phenomena, the main features of which are explored in this article. 10.1177/1052562992016004121 IS - 4_suppl JF - Journal of Management Education EP - 162 TI - The Relativity of Organizing: Its Knowledge Presuppositions and its Pedagogical Implications for Comparative Management VL - 16 SP - 147 KW - knowledge_management AU - Tsoukas, Haridimos PY - 1992/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1052562992016004121 ER -