Talk:Organizational studies

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Organizational studies is not usually considered to be closely related to HR - I removed that phrase. HR is one practical outgrowth of organizational studies, but HR is most often consiered to be part of the academic field of "industrial and labor relations" which is a spereate catagory. --Goodoldpolonius 04:58, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

It would be a good idea to define what is meant by "organization" upfront. The word has several meanings. I want to stuty of organization behavior

I would suggest being mroe explixt about teh overlap between organization studeis and OS. SOme of teh difference may be regional. My impression is that Europeans and Asians use OS. More North AMerican Schoalrs use OT. OSme of the difference also seems rooted in epistemological commitemnts. OS is rooted in constructivist, post-modern, or subjectivist epistemology; OT is more likley to use a relaist or neo-positivist epistemology.

Articles by Stewart Clegg and Bill McElivy would be good references, among many, about the epistemological difference.