Management
A Sociological Introduction
Published on 10. June 2013
300 pages
978-0-7456-7728-6 (ISBN)
Description
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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Keith Grint is a lecturer in Management Studies and Fellow in Organizational Behaviour at Templeton College, Oxford.
Content
Acknowledgements.
1. Into the Heart of Darkness: A Short Theoretical Journey.
2. The Black Ships: The Historical Development of BritishManagement.
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 ofManaging 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 ofPossibilities.
10. Reflections.
Bibliography.
Index.
1. Into the Heart of Darkness: A Short Theoretical Journey.
2. The Black Ships: The Historical Development of BritishManagement.
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 ofManaging 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 ofPossibilities.
10. Reflections.
Bibliography.
Index.
