Management

A Sociological Introduction
1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-7456-1149-5
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grint, Keith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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