The Teachings of Management: Perceptions in a Society of Organizations

ISBN-13: 9783319561196 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 100 str.

Karin Brunsson

Opis

This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management. It is argued that managers and others must endorse these presumptions - the teachings of management - even though they are well aware that their applicability to managerial practice is limited.

O autorze

Karin Brunsson is associate professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. She teaches management and has written a number of books on management, organization and decision making; in English The Notion of General Management (2007). Articles and book chapters include critical assessments of popular ideas of sustainability, leadership and business ethics.