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Rethinking Management
Douglas, Neil; Wykowski, Terry
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Description for Rethinking Management
Hardback. Num Pages: 274 pages, 15 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJG; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 514.
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 bring about the conception of organizations as wholes rather than assemblies of disembodied fragments, with managers as facilitators of the work of others and shapers of culture, with a clear sense of purpose and a moral compass. Such a paradigm would result in a practice of management that is more competent, more purposeful, and more ... Read more
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 bring about the conception of organizations as wholes rather than assemblies of disembodied fragments, with managers as facilitators of the work of others and shapers of culture, with a clear sense of purpose and a moral compass. Such a paradigm would result in a practice of management that is more competent, more purposeful, and more ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319419015
SKU
V9783319419015
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Ref
99-15
About Douglas, Neil; Wykowski, Terry
Neil Douglas and Terry Wykowski are principals of the Oxford Consulting Group in Houston, Texas. They are authors of From Belief to Knowledge: Achieving and Sustaining an Adaptive Culture in Organizations and Beyond Reductionism: Gateways for Learning and Change.
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