Description
Book SynopsisA 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 ContentsAcknowledgements.
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.
