The 'texture' of organizing in an Italian university department

Article Abstract:

The texture of organizing is an elusive concept, one that embraces the intangible quality of the activities of an organization's members. In this article we use examples taken from an empirical study of a department of mathematics in an Italian university to illustrate the social processes that underlie the construction of texture. We define 'texture' as that imaginative domain of organizational actors where processes such as the creation of a sense of togetherness and of ownership, mutual understanding and misunderstanding of organizational life, shifting memberships and audiences link and interweave. Some methodological issues concerning the concept of texture are also examined. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Italy, Universities and colleges

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The 'texture' of organizing

Article Abstract:

The article briefly introduces the concept of 'texture' and indicates its role in the organizing process. The history of texture and related ideas in the field of organizational studies is summarized. Texture itself is viewed analogically as a weave or web of interacting elements that resists operational definition. It is a tacit quality of the field of social action that, by definition, must remain beyond the grasp of explicit statement. Some implications of the 'logic' of texture are discussed briefly in relation to the understanding of 'instrumental action' in organizations as well as rethinking the 'organization-environment' problem in terms of 'contextures'. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Business literature

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