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A provocative and fresh approach to the study of management. Covers a whole array of management orthodoxies and demonstrates, through contemporary sociological theory, how many of the old approaches are in need of reconstruction. Written in a lively and highly accessible style.

Trade Review
"This is a wonderfully refreshing and stimulating book - and there aren't many books about management that can be described in these terms!" Graeme Salaman, Open University

"The thoughtful reader will learn a great deal." Work, Employment and Society



Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.

1. Into the Heart of Darkness: A Short Theoretical Journey.

2. The Black Ships: The Historical Development of British Management.

3. Mimetic Pyrophobes: What are Managers, What do Managers do, and Why do they do What they do?.

4. From Silent Monitors: The Long and Relatively Unhappy Life of Managing Appraisals.

5. Reengineering Utopia: Managing Radical Change.

6. The Alchemy of Leadership.

7. The Culture of Management and the Management of Culture.

8. Managing Gender Inequality through Technology.

9. Fatalism, Freewill and Control: An Index of Possibilities.

10. Reflections.

Bibliography.

Index.

Management A Sociological Introduction

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 24 September 1995
      ISBN-13 9780745611495
      978-0745611495
      ISBN-10 0745611494
      Also in:
      Society and culture: general Sociology and anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A provocative and fresh approach to the study of management. Covers a whole array of management orthodoxies and demonstrates, through contemporary sociological theory, how many of the old approaches are in need of reconstruction. Written in a lively and highly accessible style.

      Trade Review
      "This is a wonderfully refreshing and stimulating book - and there aren't many books about management that can be described in these terms!" Graeme Salaman, Open University

      "The thoughtful reader will learn a great deal." Work, Employment and Society



      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements.

      1. Into the Heart of Darkness: A Short Theoretical Journey.

      2. The Black Ships: The Historical Development of British Management.

      3. Mimetic Pyrophobes: What are Managers, What do Managers do, and Why do they do What they do?.

      4. From Silent Monitors: The Long and Relatively Unhappy Life of Managing Appraisals.

      5. Reengineering Utopia: Managing Radical Change.

      6. The Alchemy of Leadership.

      7. The Culture of Management and the Management of Culture.

      8. Managing Gender Inequality through Technology.

      9. Fatalism, Freewill and Control: An Index of Possibilities.

      10. Reflections.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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