TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brunsson, Nils
TI  - Mechanisms of hope
SN  - 9788763001458
PY  - 2006///
CY  - 
PB  - Copenhagen Business School Press
KW  - HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR
KW  - Organizational behavior
KW  - Organizational change
KW  - Associations
KW  -  institutions
KW  - Corporate culture
KW  - Office politics
N1  - maintaining the dream of the rational organization; Chapter 1: The Dream of Rationality -	Rationality as a form of intelligence -	The rule about rationality -	Rules for what we want, say, and do -	A world of failure, reform, and hope Chapter 2: Organizations and Rational Reforms -	The rational model and organizational practice -	The rational model in presentations and intentions -	Reforms -	Reform as a threat to hope -	Design and methods Chapter 3: Selling Rational Reforms -	Two rational reforms -	The rational as self-evident -	Rationality for others -	Selling principles -	The irrelevance of experience -	Presentation instead of practice -	Principle and practice Chapter 4: Buying Rational Reform -	An irrational buying process -	A well known principle -	Watering down and projection -	Constructing an organization -	Distancing from practices -	Similarities between sellers and buyers Chapter 5: The Reception of Rational Reforms -	The local edition of the rational principle -	Application - system, meaning, and construction -	A realistic model -	Usefulness -	A soft reception Chapter 6: Learning About Rationality -	Continues Reforms -	The reformers' experiences -	Learning at E-city -	Conclusion - continued reform -	Learning Chapter 7: Learning to Hope -	A model of experiential learning -	Lack of information -	Irrelevance of information -	Learning about things other than the principle -	Learning about causes: special factors and resistance -	Hopeful learning -	Learning about the rational principle -	Thought or talk Chapter 8: A Public Debate -	There is no alternative! -	Watering down -	Model characteristics rather than effects -	The evasive practice -	The principle is right and the practice is wrong -	Preserving hope at a distance Chapter 9: The Mechanisms of Hope -	Avoiding practice -	Selection of practice - rationality at a distance in time and space -	Interpreting everything for the best -	Separating the world of ideas from the practical world -	The Act of Hope -	An application Chapter 10: The Intricacies of Hope -	Introducing rationality with the help of irrationality - Hoe as outcome or cause -	A culture of hope -	Implications for reforms -	Hopefulness and hopelessness References
N2  - This book explains how great hopes can be kept afloat in the face of discouraging experiences -- why people often fail to learn from experience, but continue to believe in unrealised and unrealistic ideals
ER  -