Civilization and organization theory: a new eistemological discourse

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dc.contributor.authorNaveed Yazdani
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-07T06:41:47Z
dc.date.available2010-12-07T06:41:47Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractCulture, nation state and society are generally employed in contextualizing organization theory. The construct civilization which transcends national, cultural and societal boundaries is not used in indigenization of organization theory. This thesis employs civilization as a theoretical construct to study and analyze organization theory of Western civilization. The analysis is undertaken by using discourse approach. Two parallel discourses, historical and organizational, are constructed for the Western civilization. The historical discourse presents the major thoughts and ideas of the civilization. The organizational discourse shows the impact of historical discourse on organization theory of the civilization. The historico-organizational discourse of civilization is used to construct the reflexive relation between civilization and organization theory. Three elements research model is used for conducting this study. The epistemology of constructionism and theoretical perspective of interpretivism is used to formulate discourses of the Western civilization. The discourse analyses are followed by a discussion on the reflexive relation between civilization and organization theory,grounding of civilization in the contemporary organizational theories, rational of positioning civilization as an organizational epistemology, concluding remarks, major future research implications and basic limitations of the study. A four-tiered conceptual framework is represented to posit civilization as an episteme for organization theory.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Management and Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/36
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMS Thesisen_US
dc.subjectConceptual Frameworken_US
dc.subjectHistorical Discourseen_US
dc.subjectReflexive Relationen_US
dc.subjectManagementen_US
dc.titleCivilization and organization theory: a new eistemological discourseen_US
dc.titleCivilization and organization theory: a new eistemological discourseen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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