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A new history of management

Cummings, Stephen, author, Bridgman, Todd, author

Overview

\"Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of 'good management' derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of 'good management' focused on ethical aims, sustainability, and alternative views of good practice. From this new historical perspective, existing assumptions can be countered and simplistic views disputed, offering a platform from which graduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners can develop alternative approaches for managing and organizing in the twenty-first century\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Management History. / Organizational behavior. / BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Organizational Behavior.
• ISBN: 9781107138148, 1107138140, 9781316502907, 1316502902

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HD30.5.C86 2017	1	BOOK	BUSINESS
	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE