In this overview of research in organization studies, Clegg (U. of Technology, Sydney, Australia) et al. compile 30 chapters by contributors in the fields of business, management, organizational studies, and related disciplines from universities around the world. Divided between sections that focus on ways of theorizing the field and specific issues, chapters discuss ecological and postmodernist approaches, organizational economics, complexity science, feminist views of organization studies, research, and using philosophies of the social sciences, and in the second half, leadership, decision-making, diversity, design, innovation, environmentalism, globalization, rhetoric, and other topics. Chapters new to this edition cover organizational change, knowledge management, and organizational networks. Other chapters have been revised or removed. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)