Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Business and Management

<p><em>System, Actor and Process: Keywords in Organization Studies</em> is intended as an epistemological ‘compass’ to navigate through the multifaceted key concepts typically used in organizational practice and research. </p><p>The book illustrates thirty-four keywords using a tripartite structure: each keyword is briefly discussed from three points of view, namely the system-centered, actor-centered and process-centered conception of organization, which reflects the options emerging from contemporary epistemological debate in organizational studies and, more generally, in social sciences, namely objectivism, subjectivism, and the Weberian "third way". </p><p>Primarily addressed to researchers and academics in organization studies, this book is also a useful resource for undergraduate or postgraduate students, for whom it may represent a thorough introduction to organizational concepts. It will also be a valuable tool for managers to apply in their everyday practice. </p>