The Handbook will evaluate the ideas and influence of 25 major management theorists, examining their impact on the evolvement of management as a discipline. Chapters will review the contributions of these theorists in light of their contemporary context and each other, from the pioneers to post-war theorists and later business school theorists.
This handbook analyses and explores the evolution of management; the core functions and how they may have changed; its position in the culture of modern society; the institutions and ideologies that support it; and likely challenges and ...
What direction should the field take? What must change in the way research is conducted and key theoretical terms are conceptualized so that organization theory enhances its capacity to generate valid and relevant knowledge?
A hybrid product of political science , psychology , engineering , poetry , 9 The modern version of this dichotomy is best known through Edmund Burke's contribution to aesthetic theory , A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our ...
The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies provides an overview of theoretical approaches, key topics, issues, and subject specialisms in management studies, as well as a set of reflections on the progress and prospects of CMS.
This handbook is a Comparative of Management Theory Jungle and is prepared as a guide to the different Schools of Management for undergraduate and post graduate students.
This book series is relevant for workplace experts both in academia and industry. This second book in the series focuses on the role of workplace management in the organization and the tasks that workplace management needs to consider.
The Handbook is a comprehensive reference work in ethical theory consisting of commissioned articles by leading scholars. The first part treats meta-ethics and the second part normative ethical theory.
The central question explored in this work is the epistemological status of organization theory as a policy science.
'Telling Tales: Management Gurus' Narratives and the Construction of Managerial Identity'. Journal of Management Studies, 35/2, 137–161. Collins, D. (2003). 'The Branding of Management Knowledge: Rethinking Management Fads'.
This Handbook provides critical, interdisciplinary contributions from leading international academics on the theory and methodology, practical applications, and broader context of Management Information Systems, as well as offering ...