Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives

Organizational Theoretical Perspectives is not lite reading by any stretch of the imagination. Your average practitioner does not deal with modernism, postmodernism, and symbolic interpretivism in their purest forms. In academia, however, it serves as important background. This particular book is written in such a way that gives a good explanation and overview of the three main theoretical perspectives and the theories and models that have been made famous under each. It's not exciting reading, it's academic. Fortunately, it is not written in an overly scholarly tone making it good for advanced courses in a bachelor's program or courses in a master's program. I read it as part of a doctoral program as it was paired with another one that was written in a more scholarly tone. The pair-up was good because the former helped clarify the latter.Realistically, unless you are pursuing a degree in organization or are a faculty member, you probably won't have much interest in this. It's a textbook.

If you like big ideas and you are studying business on the graduate level, you should be happy your instructor assigned this book. Mary Jo Hatch book makes terrific sense out of the difficult discipline of Org Theory. Org Theory is all about the lenses through which you view the world. By nature it's dense, abstract, confusing, contradictory, and hard to tie to real life in organizations. And yet, it is the basis of every business book on the bestseller list. The Next Big Thing in business is just a new way of looking at old problems - and that's the heart of Org Theory. Dive in and have fun.

Arrived quicker than expected and was in excellent condition

A plethora of information is in this book. Hatch mentions in an interview that this most be read a few times and I agree. You will find yourself searching for theories in the text. There is a lot of information embedded but the layout could be better suited for readability which is why I gove it four stars.

Great book, I used it for my organizational management program It's not a easy read but I found the content excellent and I learned a lot.

Awesome Book. Educationally enhancing and an important book towards the great canons of literature.

The content of this book is excellent, REALLY. I don't want to sell it back. It's the construction of the book that is the problem. It was brand new and fell apart two weeks after purchase. I got a second one after returning the first one that was an excellent condition used copy--looked like new--and it fell apart two days after use. :-(

Everything I needed and was in great condition! It arrived on schedule and did not contain rip, torn, or notes/highlights from previous owner!