Organizational Analysis as Deconstructive Practice - Critical Management Studies Book | Business Strategy & Leadership Development | Academic Research & Corporate Training

Are theories we read about organizations true ? Can practitioners blindly apply the management theorist's recommendation ? How do management theorists arrive at the theories they prescribe?Robert Chia's book is perhaps the most lucid introduction into the philosophy which underpins what we know (or don't know) about organizations today. In this book, Robert guides you through a philosophical picnic outlining thoughts which have shaped social and organizational theories. I say picnic because the prose is sharp, witty and peppered with anecdotes which not only challenges the mainstream theories deployed in organizational studies but also makes it a delightful read. The best way to savour is to treat it like a 'high tea' party. It's got all the right dishes, muffins from 'positivist' philosophical traditions, 'interpretivist' tarts, 'modern' doughnuts, 'post-modern' baked pies, steamy analysis all served with a generous dose of rhetorical wasabi!It really hits you and provokes your thinking! I still cannot understand why I'm the first to write a review, but now that I am, I'm inclined to conclude that it is perhaps the most under-rated book in organizational theory. Perhaps, because it brings a lot of 'knowledge skeletons' out of the closet and into the open. If you are a student of business or social science, then please do yourself a favour by reading this book. You will not regret it and it will change the way you think forever !