Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management

Management Divided: Contradictions of Labor Management
ISBN-10
0198795270
ISBN-13
9780198795278
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2022-03-10
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Matt Vidal

Description

One of the central dynamics shaping organizations is a contradiction managers face between ensuring workforce discipline and harnessing worker creativity. In this rich study of American manufacturing, Matt Vidal offers a theory of 'organizational political economy', integrating concepts from organization theory into a classical Marxist framework.