Controversies in Management - Couverture souple

Thomas, Alan Berkeley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415008549 ISBN 13 : 9780415008549

Editeur : Cengage Learning EMEA, 1993

Synopsis

The "manager" is a phenomenon of this century. The role of the manager has become necessary as organizations have become larger, more complex and more international. At the same time the demand for formal management training has resulted in the proliferation of management courses, management qualifications and, above all, management theories. "Controversies in Management" provides a guide to the key theories and approaches in management that have emerged, from Taylor onwards, and relates them to the context of modern business as well as tracing their roots in the social sciences. Within the vast literature on management there are considerable differences of view. Modern managers thus have to cope not only with a complex and rapidly changing world, but also with increasingly diverse ways of understanding it and managing it. In many ways management, both as practical activity and as a subject for study, has become puzzling. Alan Thomas sets out to explore some of these puzzles.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

As managerial roles diversify, the phenomenon of management becomes increasingly puzzling. Demand for formal management training, theories and qualifications has increased, yet our ability to think critically about management has diminished. At a time of organizational and environmental turbulence, the question of effective management is more complex than ever.

Unpicking the puzzles faced by both the manager and the student of management, this introductory guide explores the major issues of management, organization and knowledge, asking questions of our 'guru' culture and raising debates on so-called expert thinking. Written from the viewpoint that the most effective managers are those that can think for themselves and put aside the advice of the management 'guru', it is a topical, challenging and thought-provoking study.

Thoroughly revised and reorganized, this second edition features two completely new chapters that cover gender issues in management, debates on globalization, post-modernity and the future of management. Designed to bring readers into the debate, rather than simply providing a framework of answers, this new edition also includes an orientation questionnaire, discussion questions for each area covered and further reading suggestions.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cengage Learning EMEA
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415008549
• ISBN 13: 9780415008549
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible