Society against itself political correctness and organizational self-destruction
""Political correctness"" involves much more than a restriction of speech. It represents a broad cultural transformation, a shift in the way people understand things and organize their lives; a change in the way meaning is made.The problem addressed in this book is that, for reas...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797989006719 |
| Summary: | ""Political correctness"" involves much more than a restriction of speech. It represents a broad cultural transformation, a shift in the way people understand things and organize their lives; a change in the way meaning is made.The problem addressed in this book is that, for reasons the author explores, some ways of making ""meaning"" support the creation and maintenance of organization, while others do not. Organizations are cultural products and rely upon psychological roots that go very deep.The basic premise of this book is that organizations are made up of the rules, common understandings |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429919343 9780429905117 9780429480348 9781283071079 9786613071071 9781849407823 |
