組織シンボリズムとポストモダニズム

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This paper discusses organizational symbolism and postmodernism as a new stream of the social sciences. The character of modern science is a proposition in which the world is separated from human consciousness and is described by absolute principles. It seems to be required for social scientists to believe that there is no reason in principle why the social sciences should not be viewed and explained in just the same way as the natural sciences. According to the thinking of the natural sciences to be under the general law, organizational theory has also analyzed organizations by the objective and nomothetic approach. The functionalism of organization theory has been a dominant paradigm in organizational studies. The functionalistic assumptions, however, which objectively and regularly explain organizational phenomena have been threatened and have become doubtful. New organizational theory is required to adopt not only functionalistic disciplines but also interpretive disciplines. Theoretical relativity is today well accepted as a natural state in the field of organizational theory. This movement towards theoretical pluralism implies a significant meaning in organizational science. Organizational symbolism includes a wide variety of approaches, perspectives, and concepts that characterize the new organizational field. Postmodernism focuses on cultural and symbolic dimensions. The postmodernists in social theory share a common concern which is based upon a mistrust of the notion of rationality, truth, and progress. Postmodernism will help us adapt to new waves already taking place as a result of applying modern science and technology, and will challenge the conventional wisdom. The theory of organizational symbolism has a viewpoint of postmodernism and seems to be a new trend of organizational theory.
1998-09-10

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高橋正泰
明治大学経営学部

組織シンボリズムとポストモダニズム

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