Critical Management Studies (Sage Library in Business and Management)

Mats Alvesson,Hugh Willmott

ISBN 10: 0803984553 / ISBN 13: 9780803984554

Published by Sage Publications, Inc. 16/09/1992, 1992

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Synopsis:

Drawing on a range of influential contemporary movements in the social sciences, particularly Critical Theory, this volume introduces a critical analysis for the study of management and the various management functions.

The book examines: the relations between power and discursive practices in the modern corporation; the construction of pleasure as a potentially subversive and emancipatory force in organizational life; the double-edged role of a critical social science for managers; and doing critical management research. It also analyzes the nature and consequences of current practices in accounting, operational research, marketing, personnel and organizational psychology and information systems. Key issues of power/knowledge relations across these areas are addressed and new agendas both for these fields and for management studies as a whole are introduced.

About the Author:

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, and also affiliated with Lund University, Stockholm School of Economics and Bayes Business School, City, University of London.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Critical Management Studies (Sage Library in...
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc. 16/09/1992
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good