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Adult and Distance Education Management: An Application of the Metaphor "Organizations as Organisms"
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Direct linkBlack, Linda – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2003
This paper discusses the metaphor "organizations as organisms" as conceived of by Garith Morgan (1997, 1998) in the books "Images of Organization" and "Images of Organization: The Executive Edition." It applies the metaphor to adult and in particular distance education management and organizations in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Distance Education, Organizations (Groups), Organizational Culture
