00867nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000220001710000190003924500270005825000120008526000370009752005300013458300230066494200170068799900170070420260716043454.0  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  cMmM848kLRC  c47983d47983