A volume in I.S.C.E Book Series: Managing the Complex Series Editors Kurt Richardson and Michael Lissack, ISCE Research In this volume, Hugo Letiche tackles the all-important question, is there "care" in healthcare? If, as Klaus Krippendorff (2006) argues, "meaning is a structured space, a network of expected senses, a set of possibilities . that] emerges in the use of language," then within the healthcare systems of today, the meaning of "care" has been defined to be the eradication of a problem. We must recognize that patients do not wish to regarded merely as a problem requiring...

A volume in I.S.C.E Book Series: Managing the Complex Series Editors Kurt Richardson and Michael Lissack, ISCE Research In this volume, Hugo Letiche tackles the all-important question, is there "care" in healthcare? If, as Klaus Krippendorff (2006) argues, "meaning is a structured space, a network of expected senses, a set of possibilities . that] emerges in the use of language," then within the healthcare systems of today, the meaning of "care" has been defined to be the eradication of a problem. We must recognize that patients do not wish to regarded merely as a problem requiring...

Examines the alternative belief systems which contemporary organizational actors live by and through which they seek to find meaning within the dominant (neo)capitalist social order. This volume marks an attempt to move the study of belief forward within management and organization studies.

There has been a decided shift towards desiring greater "relevance" in
management education by serving the needs of management practice.
The importance of a careful defi nition of "relevance" and the retention
of a critical perspective needs to be asserted. In this respect, what
Hugo Letiche and Geoff Lightfoot have done together, and written
up in this book, is an outstanding example of a commitment to
restore "relevance" via critical engagement to management pedagogy
and practice. Their success is a clear demonstration of the practical
relevance of imagination, commitment and...

There has been a decided shift towards desiring greater "relevance" in
management education by serving the needs of management practice.
The importance of a careful defi nition of "relevance" and the retention
of a critical perspective needs to be asserted. In this respect, what
Hugo Letiche and Geoff Lightfoot have done together, and written
up in this book, is an outstanding example of a commitment to
restore "relevance" via critical engagement to management pedagogy
and practice. Their success is a clear demonstration of the practical
relevance of imagination, commitment and...

A discussion on the social complexity approach, where dialogue and stories allow for the degrees of freedom needed for the opportunities of emergence to take root. The authors focus on the experience of coherence and how such experiential lessons differ from the establishment and maintenance of categories and labels.

Post-formalism, Pedagogy Lives (in memory of Kincheloe's contribution) encompasses each of the basic principles of Kincheloe's post formal thought.