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100 1 _aKLAGGE, Jay
_928432
245 1 0 _aApproaches to the iron cage :
_breconstructing the bars of weber's metaphor
260 _aThousand Oaks :
_bSAGE,
_cMarch 1997
520 3 _aIs there a metaphor for bureaucracy relevant to organizations in the 1990s? The author explores this question by reconstructing Weber's "iron cage. " After defining bureaucracy using the two traditional metaphors, the author sets forth the notion of the iron cage as playground apparatus. This metaphor is developed in an idiosyncratic vignette. The author stresses that the "monkey bars" (bureaucratic structures) are, in themselves, neutral but become whatever we make them by the imposition of our visions, values, and vitalities. The author closes by defending his metaphoras worthy of investigation by public administration scholars and practitioners
773 0 8 _tAdministration & Society
_g29, 1, p. 63-77
_dThousand Oaks : SAGE, March 1997
_xISSN 00953997
_w
942 _cS
998 _a20061127
_b1151^b
_cNatália
998 _a20100805
_b1540^b
_cCarolina
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
_c19991
_d19991
041 _aeng