| Making Sense of Management: A Critical Introduction Contributor(s): Alvesson, Mats (Author), Willmott, Hugh (Author) |
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ISBN: 1849200866 ISBN-13: 9781849200868 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $65.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management Science - Business & Economics | Management - General - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior |
| Dewey: 658 |
| LCCN: 2011939471 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The First Edition of Making Sense of Management set out to provide a fresh perspective on management that was both broad and critical, exploring how the disruptive and constructive potential of critical theory can be realized in organizations. Along the way, it has proven to be a landmark contribution to critical management studies. As well as setting the agenda for current research, this revised edition has been written to appeal to a broader readership and open up critical theory for the general management student. The Second Edition includes new sections on HRM, brands, identity, ethics and leadership have been fully developed alongside the rest of the text to reflect the current state of play in critical management studies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Alvesson, Mats: - Mats Alvesson holds a chair in the Business Administration department at Lund University in Sweden and is also part-time professor at University of Queensland Business School. He has done extensive research and published widely in the areas of qualitative and reflexive methodology, critical theory, organizational culture, knowledge work, identity in organizations, gender, organizational change, management consultancy etc. He has published 20 books with leading publishers and hundreds of articles, many of which are widely cited and used on higher levels in university education. |