In recent decades, business schools have become important components of higher education throughout the world. Yet, surprisingly, they have received little serious attention. This book provides a sober and evidence-based assessment, charting the history and character of business schools in the light of current debates about the role of universities and the evolution of advanced economies. Previous commentators have viewed business schools as falling between two stools: lacking in academic rigour yet simultaneously derided by the corporate world as broadly irrelevant. However, over-concern...
In recent decades, business schools have become important components of higher education throughout the world. Yet, surprisingly, they have received l...
This volume draws together critical assessments of Michel Foucault's contribution to our understanding of the making and remaking of the modern organization.
The volume provides a valuable summary of Foucault's contribution to organization theory, which also challenges the conventions of traditional organizational analysis. By applying Foucauldian concepts such as discipline, surveillance and power//knowledge, the authors shed new light on the genesis of the modern organization and raise fresh questions about organization theory. The bureaucratic career is, for example, analyzed as a...
This volume draws together critical assessments of Michel Foucault's contribution to our understanding of the making and remaking of the modern organi...
Organizational learning is a crucial factor in business success. This clear and concise book forms a complete guide to this subject, looking at how organizations learn as groups and highlighting the importance of managing a company's knowledge alongside its other resources. Now in its second edition, How Organizations Learn gathers key readings by renowned international authors and gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic, helping them to understand and manage the challenge of organizational learning. Issues covered include: The link between leadership and learningThe impact of...
Organizational learning is a crucial factor in business success. This clear and concise book forms a complete guide to this subject, looking at how or...
