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This volume brings together leading scholars in the field of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy (rule-bound execution of tasks), resulting in a colourful kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly non-mainstream analysis.

Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy

List of Contributors.

Bureaucracy and Hierarchy - what Else!?.

'Little Cogs': Bureaucracy and the Career in British Banking, c. 1900-1950.

The End of Bureaucracy?.

Bureaucracy: An Idea Whose Time has Come (Again)?.

Understanding Hierarchy in Contemporary Work.

The Cultural Fantasy of Hierarchy: Sovereignty and the Desire for Spiritual Purity.

Crossing of Boundaries - Subordinates' Challenges to Organisational Hierarchy.

The Birth of Biocracy.

Super Flat: Hierarchy, Culture and Dimensions of Organizing.

About the Editors.

About the Authors.

Reinventing Hierarchy and Bureaucracy - From the Bureau to Network Organizations.

Research in the sociology of organizations.

Research in the sociology of organizations.

Copyright page.

Advisory Board.