Postmodernism

Postmodernism Theory

By ceames

  • In the Age of the Smart Machine

    In the Age of the Smart Machine
    In the Age of the Smart Machine by Shoshana Zuboff examines the effects of information technology change on authority and hierarchy on people and organizations. Zuboff, S. (1988). In the age of the smart machine: The future of work and power. New York: Basic Books.

  • The Female Advantage

    The Female Advantage
    Sally Helgesen writes “The Female Advantage” and creates diary studies that explore how women leaders make decisions and gather and disperse information in organizations. Helgesen, S. (1990). The female advantage: Women's ways of leadership. New York, N.Y.: Doubleday Currency.

  • William Bergquist

    William Bergquist
    Bergquist identifies four themes of postmodernism: objectivism vs. constructivism; language as a reality; globalization and segmentalism; and fragmented and inconsistent images. Bergquist, W. (1993). The Postmodern organization: Mastering the art of irreversible change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

  • Karl Weick

    Karl Weick
    Karl Weick pens the book "Sensemaking in Organizations" where he defines sensemaking as our natural desire to recognize, act upon, create, recall, and apply patterns from the material of our lived experience to impose order on that lived experience. Weick, K. (1995). Sensemaking in organizations. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.