Keith Grint

Management

A Sociological Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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This is a lively introduction to management, covering an array of management orthodoxies and demonstrating, through contemporary sociological theory, that many of the old approaches are in need of reconstruction.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1995.
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780745611495
• ISBN-10: 0745611494
• Artikelnr.: 14799302

Autorenporträt

Keith Grint is a lecturer in Management Studies and Fellow in Organizational Behaviour at Templeton College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

"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