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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas Diefenbach (University of Strathclyde, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415888684ISBN 10: 0415888689 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 20 October 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction. 2. Managers and Managerialism. 3. Power and Control within Organisations. 4. Managers’ Interests in Dominance. 5. The Ideology of Management. 6. A Theory of the Dominance of Managers. 7. How Managers Create, Justify, and Conduct Strategic Change in their Organisation – A Case Study. 8. Critique of Management and Orthodox Organisations. Notes. Bibliography. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationSince 2007 Dr Thomas Diefenbach is a Lecturer in Management at Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, Scotland. Before this, he had been working as a Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and for more than five years as a Research Fellow at Open University Business School, UK, and at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany. Before joining academia Thomas had been working for 14 years in industry and service organisations, as a self-employed consultant and freelance lecturer. His main areas of expertise are: general management and organisation studies, international business, strategy, change management, intangible assets, Critical Management Studies - all as socio-philosophical interrogations of the relations between the individual, organisations, and society with the focus on power, interests, and ideology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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