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    Rethinking organization theory: The fold, the rhizome and the seam between organization and the literary

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    Pick, David
    Date
    2017
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    Type
    Journal Article
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    © 2016, © The Author(s) 2016. The aim of this article is to apply literary theory and a work of literary fiction (Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell) to the task of offering points of departure for new thinking about organization theory. To this end, I locate this article at the seam between organization and the literary, where I employ two concepts proposed by Deleuze (the fold and the rhizome), apply the semiotic square and discuss the relationship between form and content. An examination of Cloud Atlas is positioned in the middle of the article to reflect the idea that the literary is at the heart of organization and vice versa. In keeping with the literary spirit of Cloud Atlas, this article mirrors the following narrative pattern of the novel: A | B | C | D | C | B | A. By working the seam, I find a way of developing alternative metaphors, challenging prevailing ideological assumptions and problematizing current paradigm assumptions.

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    Pick, D. 2017. Rethinking organization theory: The fold, the rhizome and the seam between organization and the literary. Organization. 24 (6): pp. 800-818.
    Source Title
    Organization
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58176
    DOI
    10.1177/1350508416677176
    Department
    School of Management

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