Applying an Eliasian Approach to Organizational Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7103514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Dopson (0000-0002-3763-9751, Templeton College, University of Oxford, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 515-535 |
| Publication date | 2001-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/135050840183004 |
| OpenAlex | W2075757920 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
The central focus of the article is managing change in the National Health Service (NHS). In particular, it uses the implementation of general management (see the Griffiths Report, 1983) to explore the value of the process-sociological approach for understanding a number of unintended outcomes associated with this change. Elias is not a sociologist associated with the study of the NHS, or indeed the management of change, yet it is argued his approach has much to offer in exploring change in complex organizations such as the NHS. The article is organized as three sections. First, the central elements of a figurational approach are discussed and used to explore existing studies of change in the NHS. Second, the article applies a figurational approach to the study of the implementation of general management. Here the value of Elias's game models is explored in some detail. Finally, Elias's contribution to the study of complex social change is critically assessed
Business · Change management (ITSM · Epistemology · Process (computing · Sociology · Unintended consequences · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sociology and Norbert Elias · Marketing
Norbert Elias's Impact on Organization Studies
Re-theorizing the ‘structure–agency’ relationship
From public issues to personal troubles
Organisational centralisation as figurational dynamics
Elias and habitus
Organising Sport at the Olympic Games
Relational interdependencies and the intra-EU mobility of African European Citizens
Opportunity knocks
Figurational Sociology and its Application to Sport
Zur Grundlegung einer Theorie sozialer Prozesse / Towards a Theory of Social Processes
Understanding social theory
Managing ambiguity and change
Studies in the Genesis of the Naval Profession
Problems of Involvement and Detachment
The Established and the Outsiders
Elias and the Politics of Theory
Evaluating Elias
Medical Knowledge and the Patronage System in 18th Century England
Sociology of Knowledge
Managing social change
Power, Subjectivity and British Industrial and Organisational Sociology
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |