Secrecy at Work - 9780804789011

Secrecy at WorkThe Hidden Architecture of Organizational Life\nAuthor(s): Christopher Grey, Jana Costas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Stanford University Press, United States\nImprint: Stanford Business Books,US\nISBN-13: 9780804789011, 978-0804789011\nSynopsis\nSecrecy is endemic within organizations, woven into the fabric of our lives at work. Yet, until now, we've had an all-too-limited understanding of this powerful organizational force. Secrecy is a part of work, and keeping secrets is a form of work. But also, secrecy creates a social ordera hidden architecture within our organizations. Drawing on previously overlooked texts, as well as well-known classics, Jana Costas and Christopher Grey identify three forms of secrecy: formal secrecy, as we see in the case of trade and state secrets based on law and regulation; informal secrecy based on networks and trust; and public or open secrecy, where what is known goes undiscussed. Animated with evocative examples from scholarship, cur.