Rethinking management : confronting the roots and consequences of current theory and practice

This book challenges the roots and elements of the existing dominant paradigm of management, which can legitimize artless practices and result in dysfunction, and proposes an alternative based on a different understanding of human nature and social and economic life. This paradigm is designed to bri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Douglas, Neil (Author), Wykowski, Terry (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Management.
Leadership.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319419022
9783319419015
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The Roots and Consequences of Organizational and Management Dysfunction
  • 1. The Role of Management in Organizational Dysfunction
  • 2. Classes of Management Failure
  • 3. Roots of the Current, Dominant Management Paradigm
  • Part 2. Rethinking Management
  • An Alternative View
  • 4. Roots of an Alternative Management Paradigm
  • 5. Management as Learning and Adaptation
  • 6. Management as Author, Catalyst and Steward of Purpose
  • 7. Management as Facilitation
  • 8. Management as an Ethical Enterprise
  • Epilogue.

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