organization theory
Bob Cooper, Hermes and the cult of information?
Introduction
Organization studies has much to say about culture and about information, but it has never fully grasped what Bob Cooper in this essay calls the ‘culture of information’. Whilst the study of organizational culture has spawned a huge research community following the publication of a series of popular management practitioner texts in the 1980s (i.e.
Unpacking party organizations
The internal dynamics of political parties were a central concern for the founders of both organization theory and political sociology, yet contemporary research tends to neglect the importance and value of studying these electoral machines from a truly organizational point of view. The present issue seeks to remedy this shortcoming by allowing curious and creative scholars to reimagine what it might mean for organization scholars and activists alike to engage actively with political parties.