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The Illusion of Management Control: A Systems Theoretical Approach to Managerial Technologies
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Description for The Illusion of Management Control: A Systems Theoretical Approach to Managerial Technologies
Hardcover. This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector. Editor(s): Thygesen, Niels. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector.
This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230272941
SKU
V9780230272941
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99-15
About N/A
NIELS THYGE THYGESEN is Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Heworks on systems theory and communications theory in relation to researching public management, management/steering technologies, time and trust. He has published numerous articles about technologies.
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