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PublisherElgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward

ISBN-101783470011

ISBN-139781783470013

eBay Product ID (ePID)203477780

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

Publication NameContemporary Issues in Management

LanguageEnglish

SubjectOrganizational Behavior, Management, Workplace Culture

Publication Year2014

TypeTextbook

AuthorLaura Mitchell

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.3 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2013-958028

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'This edited collection by Hamilton, Mitchell and Mangan displays wonderfully Keele's tradition of critical engagement with studies and practices of work, management and organizations. The contributions are well-written, philosophically sophisticated and empirically rich discussions of contemporary significant issues such as dignity, justice and truth at work. Students who want to go beyond management-speak and wish to learn more about the messy, contradictory, ambiguous and often dark nature of management as it is practised today will find in this book an inspiring, challenging and informative resource.'

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal658

Table Of ContentContents:Introduction1. The Corruption of Business: A Statement of a Contemporary ProblemGordon Pearson2. Ambiguity as Organisational Practice: An American Pragmatist PerspectiveMihaela Kelemen3. Dignity and Meaningful Work in OrganisationsLaura Mitchell4. Is Paternalism Still Relevant? Changing Culture in a Mutual UK Insurance CompanyDarren McCabe and David Knights5. Youth Employment, Masculinity and PolicyTeresa Oultram6. Hard Work, Productivity and the Management of the Farmed Environment in Anthropological PerspectiveSteven B. Emery7. Disjointed, Degraded and Divided? A Tale of Dirty Work at the Chicken FactoryLindsay Hamilton and Darren McCabe8. Migration into the United Kingdom: Employers and the Function of Migrant LabourSteve French9. Interpreting Technology: Telework and the Myth of LiberationEmma Surman10. Media as Mediation: Uncertainty and Representation in the Construction of NewsBarry Schofield11. Care of the Underdog: Animals, Culture and the Creation of Moral Certainty in the Rescue ShelterNik Taylor and Lindsay Hamilton 12. Where Are the Alternative Organisations in Organisational Behaviour Textbooks?Anita ManganAfterwordPhil JohnsonGlossaryIndex

SynopsisThis book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the 'messy reality' of the contemporary workplace and in considering how things might be done differently. In particular, it offers a critical perspective on organisational behaviour and the sociology of work. By challenging common sense ideas about management, this textbook offers an up-to-date view of the complex problems and dilemmas facing managers and workers in the contemporary world. Providing a fresh analysis and overview of several core themes, the chapters focus on applied ethics, social issues, diversity, continuity and change. Theoretical reflections are combined with detailed ethnographic studies to offer both breadth and depth. Individual chapters present studies on issues as diverse as teleworking, apprentices, paternalism, migration, animal charities, factory work and farm work. Underpinning all of these studies is a sense that the world of work could be a better place and that students, practitioners and tutors all have an obligation to question the assumptions in business and management. Key features include: Original in-depth qualitative cases Critical approach Non-standard work situations Presents lived experience rather than 'model' or 'idealised' problems Focus on context, understanding and interpretation of complex situations Examples of a variety of management practice Discussion of management issues in wider philosophical and political context Contemporary Issues in Management would be suitable for those studying organisational behaviour, management, ethnography and sociology of work. The book will also be of interest to the general reader with an interest in developing a broader awareness of contemporary management., This book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the 'messy reality' of the contemporary workplace and in considering how things might be done differently. In particular, it offers a critical perspective on organisational behaviour and the sociology of work. By challenging common sense ideas about management, this textbook offers an up-to-date view of the complex problems and dilemmas facing managers and workers in the contemporary world. Providing a fresh analysis and overview of several core themes, the chapters focus on applied ethics, social issues, diversity, continuity and change. Theoretical reflections are combined with detailed ethnographic studies to offer both breadth and depth. Individual chapters present studies on issues as diverse as teleworking, apprentices, paternalism, migration, animal charities, factory work and farm work. Underpinning all of these studies is a sense that the world of work could be a better place and that students, practitioners and tutors all have an obligation to question the assumptions in business and management. Key features include: - Original in-depth qualitative cases - Critical approach - Non-standard work situations - Presents lived experience rather than 'model' or 'idealised' problems - Focus on context, understanding and interpretation of complex situations - Examples of a variety of management practice - Discussion of management issues in wider philosophical and political context Contemporary Issues in Management would be suitable for those studying organisational behaviour, management, ethnography and sociology of work. The book will also be of interest to the general reader with an interest in developing a broader awareness of contemporary management., This book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the 'messy reality' of the contemporary workplace and in considering how things might be done differently. In particular, it offers a critical perspective on organisational behaviour and the sociology of work.

LC Classification NumberHD31