The Poetic Organization - by A Pitsis (Hardcover)

About the Book

"The Poetic Organization explores the inherent aspects of organization that focuses on poetic processes. The term 'poetics' refers to a wider definition aligned with a philosophical perspective, in which poetics emerges as a phenomenal aspect of being. This book is a commentary on poetic elements in organization that are critical to developmental areas of organizations, yet poetics is rarely given the attention it deserves. However elusive the poetic element is, it still manages to flow through organizational spaces in material and nonmaterial ways. Although many studies have been done on poetics from a number of different angles, very few studies specifically focus on the implicit aspects and how these take place. This book provides academics, students and researchers with a poetic perspective on academic research, which can revitalize studies in the field. The reader is taken on a poetic journey in which organizational members and practices are viewed in a new light"--

Book Synopsis

The Poetic Organization explores the inherent aspects of organization that revolve around poetic processes. This book is a commentary on poetic elements in organization that are critical to developmental areas of organizations, yet poetics are rarely given the attention deserved.

Review Quotes

"Alexandra Pitsis has written a wonderful book that is remarkable both for its ambition and creativity. Skillfully weaving together philosophy, social science, and literary theory, she opens us to the implicit poetics of organizations as well as giving us a new means through which to research the lived realities of social existence. A great achievement."

Carl Rhodes, Professor of Management, University of Leicester, UK.

"Pitsis shows how important a part poetics plays in organizational life. This testifies to the impressive degree of the originality and creativity in Pitsis' work, and I am hopeful that fellow organizational scholars will dare to pick up these methodological tools in further exploring the poetics of organizational life.'

Torkild Thanem, Professor of Management and Organization Studies, Stockholm Business School, Sweden.

About the Author

Dr Alexandra Pitsis is a writer whose work primarily revolves around poetics. Published works include chapters on 'Artaud's Poetic Vision and Some Comments on Frederick Taylor' (2009) and 'Cartographies of a Life' (2007). Her research interests include examining how poetics is the unspoken and intricate weave of organizations and bringing this into play through unconventional workshops and creative training.