Management and Neoliberalism: Connecting Policies and Practices (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society) - Softcover

Styhre, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113861727X ISBN 13: 9781138617278

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

After the financial collapse of 2008 and the bailing out of banks in the US and the UK, the long-term viability of the neoliberal doctrine has come under new scrutiny. The elimination of regulatory control, the financialization of the economy including the growth of increasingly complex financial innovations, and the dominance of a rentier class have all been subject to thorough criticism. Despite the unexpected meltdown of the financial system and the substantial costs for restoring the finance industry, critics contend that the same decision-makers remain in place and few substantial changes to regulatory control have been made.

Even though neoliberal thinking strongly stresses the role of the market and market-based transactions, the organization theory and management literature has been marginally concerned with neoliberalism as a political agenda and economic policy. This book examines the consequences of neoliberalism for management thinking and management practice. Managerial practices in organizations are fundamentally affected by a political agenda emphasizing competition and innovation. Concepts such as auditing, corporate social responsibility, shareholder value, and boundariless careers are some examples of managerial terms and frameworks that are inextricably entangled with the neoliberal agenda. This book introduces the literature on neoliberalism, its history and controversies, and demonstrates where neoliberal thinking has served to rearticulate managerial practice, including in the areas of corporate governance, human resource management, and regulatory control of organizations.

About this title

About the Author:

Alexander Styhre is Chair of Organization Theory and Management in the Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics, and Law, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Styhre has published extensively in the field of organization theory. His recent books include Organizations and the Bioeconomy (Routledge, 2012) and Visual Culture in Organizations (Routledge, 2010). Styhre serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 113861727X
• ISBN 13: 9781138617278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272