Introduction. "An organization is a consciously coordinated social entity, with a relatively identifiable boundary, that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals." (Robbins, 1990 p 4). Definitions of 'organizations' as advocated by Robbins are by no means in short supply. A cursory glance of any textbook which includes the eye-catching words 'Management' or 'Organization Theory' will paint a similar picture - that of the organization as a 'system' which …showed first 75 words of 3357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3357 total…stinct horizon into the very center of daily life. Its object, previously the good possessed or produced by the subject, was now the subject himself...the power reached now towards the body and the soul of its subjects...unlike the sovereign power which required only a ceromonial reminder of the timeless limits to autonomy, the emergent power could be maintained only by a dense web of interlocking authorities in constant communication with the subject". (Bauman, 1982).