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Author:   David Courpasson ,  Jean-Claude Thoenig
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2010
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349325832

ISBN 10:   134932583
Pages:   181
Publication Date:   08 September 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

What on Earth am I Doing Here? The Road to Rebellion An Overlooked Phenomenon A Phenomenon Unlike any Other An Outline of this Book and its Players An Offer I couldn't Refuse Patrick and Scotland Michael and the Redundancy Plan Three Observations for Further Discussion Early Signs of Rebellion  The Disarray of the Rebel Who Dares Bruno, Shaken By his own Boldness A State of Confusion Private Lives Intervene How Philip Signed on to an Existing Rebellion Whose Fault is It? Management Spaces Prison Principles Like a Playground Fuel for Rebellion The Spark that Sets Off the Blaze The Force of the Locker Room The Dynamics of Rebellion Getting Others Involved Mark and the Support of the R&D Community Antonin on when Bankers Revolt The Gestation of Rebellion An Emotional Plane A Clique The 'official' Line A Professional Agenda Special Skills Leadership A Way Out Rebellion and Change The Paradox of Bureaucracy Alchemy for Change Constructive Ambivalence How to Succeed at Rebellion What Happens Tomorrow to Today's Rebels? Those Who Leave Those Who Stay Those Who Move Up Those Who Change Creative Rebellion  The Different Levels of Creative Rebellion The Drivers of Creative Rebellion The Neo-professional The Communitarian The Equilibrist Different Types of Creative Rebellion Creative Rebels' Resources Julie in a Man's World Gender and Generation When Private Lives Fight Back Go-betweens with the Other World The Forbidden Zone Qualitative and Local Stakes Exiting Rebellion's Vicious Circle Never Forget the People Down Below This is no Paper Tiger The Ruses of Power Other Generations, Same Lack of Trust Bureaucracy Forever An Alternative - Polyarchy Dealing With Divergent Views in Political Terms Adversaries, not Enemies Polyarchy is not Anarchy The Future Beckons A Mixed Picture Various Possible Outcomes

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'The book provides food for thought for senior management who dream of empowering (and of ensnaring) their most able young executives' - Les Echos 'It shows how the relationship of upcoming executives to their work, and to society at large, is changing. It could help sound the death knell for management by numbers' - Le Monde Economie 'Courpasson and Thoenig provide a series of key insights into how corporations work at this level' - Professor Pierre Eric Tixier, Sciences-Po, Paris

Author Information

DAVID COURPASSON is a Professor at EM-Lyon Business School, France and the Editor in Chief of Organization Studies. JEAN-CLAUDE THOENIG formerly Professor at INSEAD; currently, Director Emeritus of Research at the Dauphine Recherches en Management lab at Université Paris-Dauphine, France. Both are organizational sociologists. Both also are active consultants.

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