Management and Organization: A Critical Text reveals a rethinking and reframing of the core issues at the heart of management studies. Keeping practice firmly in mind, this text provides a challenging yet accessible introduction for advanced undergraduate, MBA and specialist Masters students. Management and Organization: A Critical Text: * Offers a thoroughly up-to-date, critical perspective on the inextricably entwined subjects of management and organization * Incorporates cutting-edge research, discussing key contemporary changes such as the rise of the"virtual world" * Features contributions throughout from international scholars, providing unparalleled breadth and depth * Encourages students to engage critically with the subject through myriad case studies and reflective questions * Provides the most comprehensive teaching resource available for lecturers teaching management critically, featuring an extensive supporting website with PowerPoint slides
Part One: Core Concepts * Managing Knowledge and Learning * Gender and Management * Managing Culture * Managing Structure * Managing Sustainably * Power and Politics in Organizations * Organizational Control * Managing Ethically * Part Two: Management Processes * Managing Motivation * Leading and Managing * Managing Teams * Managing Conflict * Managing Change * Decision-Making in Organizations * Managing Strategically * Networks and Inter-organizational Relations * Conclusion * Managing in a Virtual World
Part One: Core Concepts * Managing Knowledge and Learning * Gender and Management * Managing Culture * Managing Structure * Managing Sustainably * Power and Politics in Organizations * Organizational Control * Managing Ethically * Part Two: Management Processes * Managing Motivation * Leading and Managing * Managing Teams * Managing Conflict * Managing Change * Decision-Making in Organizations * Managing Strategically * Networks and Inter-organizational Relations * Conclusion * Managing in a Virtual World
STEPHEN LINSTEAD is Director of Research and Professor of Organizational Analysis at the University of Durham, UK LIZ FULOP is Professor of Management at Griffith University, Australia SIMON LILLEY is Reader in Information and Organization at the University of Leicester, UK
