This book discusses the ontological foundation for organizational analysis and organizational life from a phenomenological perspective. The objective of this book is to provide the reader with an understanding of organizations that adequately takes into account the current philosophical knowledge regarding human nature. A key result of this analysis is that organizations are existentially founded human experiences of emotions, ethics, culture and narrative. This understanding of organizations is furthermore complicated by the existence of concepts of power, relationship, interaction and identity, which all can be perceived as contradicting notions of objectivity, professionalism and rationalism. The question is not whether this is an easy description to navigate nor apply, but rather where we go from here.

This book would be of interest to students and scholars working on the philosophy of business, and academics in critical organization studies and alternative philosophy of organization. The book would also be of interest to people in all organization trying to understand everyday of dilemmas and contradictions.

Michael Fast, Ph.D., is Docent and Head of Research at Business, University College of Northern Denmark. He holds a Ph.D. from Aalborg University and worked there as Research Leader. Main research interest are in organization, leadership, philosophy of science, and qualitative methods - all on understanding development of people and organizations, and of social science and business.

Kim Malmbak Meltofte Møller, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Management Philosophy and Organizational Development at Aalborg University, Denmark. His main research is inter-disciplinary such as phenomenology of management philosophy, epistemology, organizational culture, sustainability and ethics. He has a cross-disciplinary PhD in the study of cognition at Aalborg University.