Management and Neoliberalism: Connecting Policies and Practices

ISBN-13: 9781138617278 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 242 str.

Alexander Styhre

Opis

Even though neoliberal thinking strongly stresses the role of the market and market-based transactions, the organization theory and management literature has been marginally concerned with neoliberalism as a political agenda and economic policy. This book examines the consequences of neoliberalism for management thinking and management practice. Managerial practices in organizations are fundamentally affected by a political agenda emphasizing competition and innovation. Concepts such as auditing, corporate social responsibility, shareholder value, and boundariless careers are some examples of managerial terms and frameworks that are inextricably entangled with the neoliberal agenda. This book introduces the literature on neoliberalism, its history and controversies, and demonstrates where neoliberal thinking has served to rearticulate managerial practice, including in the areas of corporate governance, human resource management, and regulatory control of organizations.

Spis treści

Part I: From Mont Pèlerin to the Fall of the Washington Consensus 1. The Concept of Neoliberalism 2. Neoliberalism and Financialization: How Markets are Sites for Capital Circulation and Accumulation Part II: Management Practices in the Neoliberal Era 3. Corporate Governance and the Financialization of the Firm 4. Human Resource Management, Leadership, and the Re-articulation of Professionalism 5. Auditing and Accounting in Organizations Part III: After Neoliberalism 6. Neoliberalism and its Implications for Management Practice

O autorze

Alexander Styhre is Chair of Organization Theory and Management in the Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Economics, and Law, at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Styhre has published extensively in the field of organization theory. His recent books include Organizations and the Bioeconomy (Routledge, 2012) and Visual Culture in Organizations (Routledge, 2010). Styhre serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Scandinavian Journal of Management.