Science fiction can be seen as a diagnosis of the present, and a vision of possible futures. Therefore, it provides an excellent resource with which to interrogate both contemporary organizing processes and organizations as institutions. The marginal activity of science fiction has however, been largely ignored in writing on organization theory. This international collection explores how science fiction can enrich studies of organization by drawing on perspectives across the arts and social sciences.

For Business Ethics is a daring adventure into the world of business ethics. It offers a clear and accessible introduction to business ethics and also expands business ethics beyond its current narrow confines. It is ground-breaking in the sense that it invites a distinctively critical approach to business ethics, an approach that the authors argue is part and parcel of ethics.

With a thought-provoking glossary and recommendations for further readings, For Business Ethics is an essential purchase for students and practitioners alike. It is at once an introduction...

From the assassination of JFK in November 1963 to Watergate and the death of Diana, theories about conspiracies beset popular culture. Television programmes about mysteries and 'inexplicable' events command peak time viewing schedules, reinterpreting 'old' conspiracy theories with new evidence. This book differentiates between conspiracy theory and theories about conspiracies.

Against Management argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality. He also suggests that, in a variety of places, an odd collection of people seem to be coming to similar conclusions.

It is possible to identify cracks in the religion of managerialism as some of its converts begin to lapse and others intensify their protest. In order to illustrate his...

Against Management argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality. He also suggests that, in a variety of places, an odd collection of people seem to be coming to similar conclusions.

It is possible to identify cracks in the religion of managerialism as some of its converts begin to lapse and others intensify their protest. In order to illustrate his...

This volume addresses the debates about equal opportunities, environmental responsibility, marketing and manipulation, and corporate governance. In their essays, the contributors highlight the importance of ethics in contemporary management and contemporary social theory.

Ethics and Organization provides a rich and valuable overview of an increasingly important issue for management and organizations in contemporary society.

Debates about equal opportunities, environmental responsibility, consumer redress and corporate governance have given ethics a prominent place in the study of organizations in their social and natural environments. Within the organization, new management styles that seek to energize employees by manipulating their beliefs have highlighted the moral-ethical principles at issue in contemporary management. At the same time debates around...

Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary theorizing of organization, this important and thought-provoking volume explores the implications of postmodernist//poststructuralist thinking for organizations and organizational analysis.

The book introduces the concepts underpinning a postmodern organizational analysis, contrasting modern and postmodern forms of explanation and addressing the distinctions between postmodernity and postmodernism. Succeeding chapters then examine and assess the interplay of major postmodernist themes - such as deconstruction, desire, difference,...

Using examples as diverse as train accidents, novels and gardening, this book evaluates the prospects for utopian thought and practice in the context of a world organized by market managerialism.

• Asks if ideas about utopia are redundant.
  
• Evaluates the prospects for utopian thought and practice in a world organized by market managerialism.
  
• Treats utopia as an organizational issue, rather than focusing on literary or historical interpretations.
  
• Engages with ideas of utopia, dystopia and crypto-utopia, organization and...

Colin Belcher, landscape gardener extraordinaire is ecstatically happy, or rather he would be were it not for Lillian his obnoxious wife. After years of attrition he decides to take action only to find himself entangled in a farcical and hilarious trail of mistaken murder involving the sex starved Lady Cynthia Pemberton, Lambert her psychopathic butler and Freddie Booklebaum the lascivious proprietor of Heavenly Pastures Nursing Home who has designs on the blonde, buxom and fiery Billie, Colin's female assistant. Assigned with the job of finding the culprit or culprits is the steely Detective...