00780nam a2200109Ia 4500080002200000100001900022245002700041250001200068260003700080520053000117583002300647  aLRC 12.04.01 M848  aMorgan, Gareth  aImages of organization  a2nd ed.  bSage Pub.aThousand OaksUSc1997  aExplores the strengths and limitations of 8 metaphors which have been used to portray a broad range of perspectives on the nature and functioning of organizations.  Identifies the metaphors as follows: organizations as - machines; organisms; brains; cultures; political systems; psychic prisons; flux and transformation; and, instruments of domination.  Points out that each metaphor provides limited insight,  and challenges managers to find appropriate ways of seeing, understanding, and shaping their workplace situations.  c10/31/02kEVELYN_D