Linstead, S. and Thanem, T. (2007) Multiplicity, virtuality and organization: the contribution of Gilles Deleuze. Organization, 28 (10). pp. 1483-1501. ISSN 0170-8406
Abstract
Formal organization is often seen as opposed or resistant to change, in theory as well as in practice. Drawing primarily on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze we argue that the reverse is true — that organization is itself a dynamic quality and that change and organization are imbricated in each other. We expand several key concepts of this philosophy in relation to organization (the multiplicity of order and the multiplicity of organization, strata and meshworks, virtuality and multitude) all of which draw attention to the unstable but ever-present forces that subvert and disrupt, escape, exceed and change organization. This enables an understanding of organization as creatively autosubversive — not fixed, but in motion, never resting and constantly trembling.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2009 14:49 |
Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2009 14:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840607075675 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications (UK and US) |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0170840607075675 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:7121 |