1st Edition
Decisions Without Hierarchy Feminist Interventions in Organization Theory and Practice
By Kathleen Iannello
Copyright 1992
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
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Decisions Without Hierarchy is based on a two-year examination of three feminist organizations: a peace group, health collective, and business women's group. From these case studies, Iannello constructs a model of organizations that, while structured, is nevertheless non-hierarchical. She terms this organization from the "modified consensus model." Her case studies show that modified consensus does not give way to pressures toward formal hierarchy and that, therefore, the model merits the attention of feminists and organization theorists alike.
Part 1 The Starting Point of Organization Theory; Chapter 2 Hierarchy; Chapter 3 Non-Hierarchy; Chapter 4 The Starting Point of Feminist Theory; Part 2 The Feminist Peace Group; Chapter 6 The Women’s Health Collective; Chapter 7 The Business Women’s Group; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusion;
Biography
Kathleen P. Iannello
"Through an investigation of a feminist peach group and a women's health collective, Kathleen Iannello demonstrates that nonhierarchical organizations may be efficient and effective...Ianello is among the first to investigate feminist nonhierarchical structures. Though her model requires testing...it makes a significant contribution by redefining accountability and responsiveness." -- Women and Politics
