| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introducing the violence of management -- pt. 2. The dark nature of management knowledge -- pt. 3. Management, neo-liberalism and a history of violence |
| Summary |
What isn't management and why doesn't it matter? This compelling book leads the reader away from the stories told by managers and management theories to show the secret history of the field. In characterizing the progress of management as a war on workers, this book offers a controversial and revealing alternative intellectual history of this overwhelming discipline. The author employs a unique range of theories and sources, including the founding fathers of management, US labour and social history, and earlier intellectual figures such as Marx and Weber alongside the contemporary insights of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Management.
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Industrial management.
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management.
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Industrial management
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Management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315754581 |
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1315754584 |
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1317624556 |
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9781317624554 |
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1317624548 |
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9781317624547 |
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