Decoding Organization: Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies PDF
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Decoding Organization HowwasBletchleyParkmadeasanorganization?Howwassignals intelligenceconstructedasafield?WhatwasBletchleyPark’sculture andhowwasitsworkco-ordinated?BletchleyParkwasnotjustthe homeofgeniusessuchasAlanTuring,itwasalsotheworkplaceof thousandsofotherpeople,mostlywomen,andtheirorganizationwasa keycomponentinthecrackingofEnigma.Challengingmanypopular perceptions,thisbookexaminesthehithertounexamined complexitiesofhow10,000peoplewerebroughttogetherincomplete secrecyduringWorldWarIItoworkonciphers.Unlikemost organizationalstudies,thisbookdecodes,ratherthanencodes,the processesoforganizationandexaminesthestructures,culturesand theworkitselfofBletchleyParkusingarchiveandoralhistorysources. Organizationtheorists,intelligencehistoriansandgeneralreaders alikewillfindinthisbookachallengetotheirpreconceptionsofboth BletchleyParkandorganizationalanalysis. christopher grey isProfessorofOrganizationalBehaviourat theUniversityofWarwick.HewaspreviouslyProfessorof OrganizationalTheoryattheUniversityofCambridgeandFellowof WolfsonCollege.ProfessorGreyhaspublishednumerousacademic articlesonthesociologyandhistoryofmanagementandorganizations, onmanagementeducationandlearning,oncriticalmanagement studiesandonprofessionalservicesorganizations.Heistheauthor ofthebestsellingstudentprimerAVeryShort,FairlyInteresting andReasonablyCheapBookaboutStudyingOrganizations(2009, secondedition). Decoding Organization Bletchley Park, Codebreaking and Organization Studies christopher grey cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,SãoPaulo,Delhi,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress, NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107005457 ©ChristopherGrey2012 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2012 PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,Cambridge AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Grey,Christopher,1964– Decodingorganization:BletchleyPark,codebreakingandorganizationstudies/ ChristopherGrey. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-00545-7(hardback) 1. GreatBritain.GovernmentCommunicationsHeadquarters–History. 2. WorldWar,1939–1945–Cryptography. 3. WorldWar,1939–1945–Secret service–GreatBritain. 4. WorldWar,1939–1945–Electronicintelligence–Great Britain. 5. Intelligenceservice–Socialaspects–GreatBritain–History–20th century. 6. WorldWar,1939–1945–England–Bletchley (Buckinghamshire) 7. Bletchley(Buckinghamshire,England)–History–20th century. 8. Corporateculture–England–Bletchley(Buckinghamshire)–History– 20thcentury. 9. Organization–Casestudies. 10. Corporateculture–Case studies. I. Title. D810.C88G74 2012 940.5408641–dc23 2012000127 ISBN978-1-107-00545-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. Dedicatedtomymother,MadeleineGrey Thefactisthattheprocessof‘cryptography’wouldperhapsbetterbe describedasinterpretation. JoshCooper,HeadofAirSectionatBletchleyPark,24June1941 Inherentinallgoodinterpretationsisthecastingofnewlighton somethingthatearlierhaseitherescapedseriousattentionorbeen understoodinaconventionalandthuspartlyconservativeway. AlvessonandDeetz(2000:152) Contents Acknowledgements pagexi AbbreviationsandAcronyms xv Introduction:OrganizationStudies,Historyand BletchleyPark 1 PartI DecodingStructures 47 1 TheMakingofBletchleyPark 51 2 TheMakingofSignalsIntelligenceatBletchleyPark 78 PartII DecodingCultures 107 3 PillarsofCultureatBletchleyPark 113 4 SplintersofCultureatBletchleyPark 145 PartIII DecodingWork 173 5 MakingBletchleyParkWork 177 6 UnderstandingBletchleyPark’sWork 213 Conclusion:RevivingOrganizationStudies 245 AppendixA.Timeline1919–2011 273 AppendixB.TableofInterviewees 280 AppendixC.BriefProfilesofKeyFigures 283 AppendixD.OrganizationCharts1940–46 286 ix x contents GlossaryofTerms 289 References 296 Index 313
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