Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory

by Gibson Burrell

Book Overview

A truly bizarre and sometimes filthy historical canter through abatoirs, satyriasis and Noel Edmonds′ House Party, among other things, towards a theory of organisation′ - The Times

′The author pursues a vigorous polemic on organisational development′ - Financial Times

In this irreverent and inventive book, Gibson Burrell seeks to circumvent the established frameworks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803977778
• ISBN13: 9780803977778
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An inspiring and very well written book about organizations

Pandemonium is a book about organizations and the threat of linearity. The book itself is non-linearily written, it reads very well, and inspires to rethinking of: organizations, science, writing, and life itself... Anyone who doubts organizing is interesting -- read this one!