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Conclusion

In: Organization Philosophy

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  • Tim Scott

    (University of St Andrews)

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The foregoing chapters propose a philosophy of bodies and organizations and of embodiment and organization. In Chapter 1, we began with a discussion of Man as an impossible animal who must organize the conditions of his survival and development, which are termed culture. Culture is comprised by institutions, the collective habits of a community. The true function of institutions is to provide the oblique means for the expression of our desires. Below the level of institutions — though I do not intend this figure of speech to denote a real hierarchy, everything in the real is equivalent and hierarchy is a figure of power — are organizations (noun), and the whole business of culture is termed organization (verb). Culture is man’s work. Organization is work informed by certain principles that are the real subject of this treatise.

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  • Tim Scott, 2010. "Conclusion," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Organization Philosophy, pages 174-176, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-27755-7_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230277557_8
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