Critical Management Studies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803984554)

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//knowl

Author: Mats Alvesson
ISBN-10: 0803984553
ISBN-13: 9780803984554
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 09/16/1992
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d