What does a stockbroker in Istanbul navigating the rush of incoming trading figures have in common with a mother in Stockholm trying to organize a growing pile of baby clothes? They are both coping with excess or overflow. This book explores the ways in which institutions, corporations and individuals define and manage situations of OCytoo muchOCO - too much information, too many choices, too many commodities or too many tasks."
Barbara Czarniawska (formerly known as Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges) is an organization theorist, best known for her contributions to constructivism theory in management studies as well as storytelling and narrative analysis in anthropology of organization.