What role do values play in organizational life? How do they shape the efficiency and effectiveness of organizational change? This volume examines what we actually mean when we use the term values and what it means to act according to values in ordinary everyday life. The contributors to this volume provide an exposition of the circular relationship between values, conflict, and compromise.It can be said that current research lacks a thorough exploration of what we actually mean by human values and what it means to act according to values in ordinary, everyday life in organizations. This is what the chapters in this volume seek to address through the reflections of organizational practitioners on their ordinary work in organizations. Covering subject areas such as organizational theory and behaviour, and organizational analysis as well as the sociology of work and industry, this book will appeal to researchers and practitioners alike.
Author(s): Ralph Stacey
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 160
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 10
2 Finding room for values in required ways of working: Values, power, conflict and compromise in aid agencies......Page 32
3 Working at the edge of polarized conflict in organizations......Page 56
4 Compromising as processes of moving forward in organizations......Page 81
5 Leadership and self-mastery: Values and the “no compromise” response......Page 105
6 The role of propaganda in managing organizational change: Ethics, conflict and compromise in consulting......Page 128
Index......Page 155
