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Mechanisms of hope

Hardcover • 2006 • English • 1. edition

Mechanisms of hope: maintaining the dream of the rational organization

By Nils Brunsson

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About the book

Western culture is a culture of hope. There is a long tradition of hoping not only for mundane, reasonably realistic events; people tend also to hope for the eventual realisation of grand ideals and lofty principles. This book explains how great hopes can be kept afloat in the face of discouraging experiences ? why people often fail to learn from experience, but continue to believe in unrealised and unrealistic ideals. How does the dream of the perfectly rational organization survive in a world ...Show more

Organizational theory and behaviour

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ISBN

9788215010830

Publisher

Aschehoug AS

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Mechanisms of hope

Format

Hardcover

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