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Table of contents:
The book takes as its starting point the everyday practices of people at all levels in organisations as they manage their work. It encourages the reader to use and judge organisation and management theories by their relevance to real life' practices and dilemmas, ranging the day-to-day to major strategic change. The book also offers insights into aspects of organisational life that are often marginalised, such as the politics and ethics of managerial action; the ambiguous, uncertain and contested nature of organisational processes; and the significance of angst, emotion, humour and mischief in the everyday life of organisations
Contents:
Chapter 1 Organising and managing work: study, critique and practice Chapter 2: Organisations and organising: bureaucracy, control, processes and negotiated orders Chapter 3: People and organisations: identity, culture and narrative Chapter 4: Organisations and people: orientations, emotions and mischief Chapter 5: Managing the organisation: managerial functions, tasks, processes and competences Chapter 6: Managing to manage: power, decision-making, ethics and the struggle to cope Chapter 7: Organisational structure, culture and change Chapter 8 Managing, motivating, leading and tasking Chapter 9 Organisations, environments and strategic managing Chapter 10 Organising and managing human resources
Brief Description:
Takes as its starting point, the everyday practices of people at all levels in organisations as they manage their work. This book aims to encourage the reader to use and judge organisation and management theories by their relevance to 'real life' practices and dilemmas, ranging the day-to-day to major strategic change.
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