{"product_id":"bureaucracy-tom-vine-9781138483309","title":"Bureaucracy: A Key Idea for Business and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eBureaucracy is a curse - it seems we can't live with it, we can't live without it. It is without doubt one of the fundamental ideas which underpin the business world and society at large. In this book, Tom Vine observes, analyses and critiques the concept, placing it at the heart of our understanding of organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author unveils bureaucracy as an endlessly emergent phenomenon which defies binary debate - in analysing organisation, we are all bureaucrats. In building an experiential perspective, the book develops more effective ways to interact with bureaucracy in theory and practice. Empirical material take centre stage, whilst the book employs ethnographic and auto-ethnographic methods to illuminate the existential function of bureaucracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking examples from art, history and culture, this book provides an entertaining alternative academic analysis of bureaucracy as a key idea in business and society which will be essential reading for students and scholars of work and organisation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Vine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138483303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138483309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Tom Vine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942759235839,"sku":"9781138483309","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c7233429-94d6-4024-a6a9-b9a9e14375a9.jpg?v=1681494189","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bureaucracy-tom-vine-9781138483309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}