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Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

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Management, Organizations and Society represents innovative work grounded in new realities; addressing issues crucial to an understanding of the contemporary world. This is the world of organized societies, where boundaries between formal and informal, public and private, local and global organizations have been displaced or vanished along with other nineteenth century dichotomies and oppositions. Management, apart from becoming a specialised profession for a growing number of people, is an everyday activity for most members of modern societies. Management, Organizations and Society will address these contemporary dynamics of transformation in a manner that transcends disciplinary boundaries, with work which will appeal to researchers, students and practitioners alike.

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Organisational Space and Beyond The Significance of Henri Lefebvre for Organisation Studies

Organisational Space and Beyond: The Significance of Henri Lefebvre for Organisation Studies

1st Edition

Edited By Karen Dale, Sytze F. Kingma, Varda Wasserman
December 18, 2020

Through the focus on organizational space, using the reception and significance of the seminal work on the subject by sociologist Henri Lefebvre, this book demonstrates why and how Lefebvre's work can be used to inform and elaborate organisational studies, especially in view of the current interest...

Organizational Identity and Memory A Multidisciplinary Approach

Organizational Identity and Memory: A Multidisciplinary Approach

1st Edition

By Andrea Casey
December 18, 2020

Organizational Identity and Memory analyzes the relationship between organizational identity and organizational memory, in particular history and commemoration. The goal is to further our understanding of the role of this relationship in processes critical to today’s organizations: the evolution of...

Organizational Research Storytelling in Action

Organizational Research: Storytelling in Action

1st Edition

By David M. Boje
December 18, 2020

‘Organizational research methods’ (ORM) are making an ontological turn by studying the nature of Being, becoming, and the meaning of existence in the world. For example, without ontology, there is no ‘ground’ and no ‘theory’ in Grounded Theory (GT). This book explores ten ways to develop fourth ...

Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies

1st Edition

By Antonio Strati
December 18, 2020

Diverse philosophies constitute the theoretical ground of the study of the aesthetic side of organization. In fact, there is not a single unique philosophy behind the organizational research of the aesthetic dimension of organizational life. Organizational Theory and Aesthetic Philosophies will ...

Relational Research and Organisation Studies

Relational Research and Organisation Studies

1st Edition

By Charlotte Øland Madsen, Mette Vinther Larsen, Lone Hersted, Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen
December 18, 2020

This volume lays out a variety of ways of engaging in research projects focused on exploring the everyday relational practices of organizing and leading is presented. The main focus is through elaborate examples from the author’s own research to further the understanding of how it is possible to ...

The Dark Side of Emotional Labour

The Dark Side of Emotional Labour

1st Edition

By Jenna Ward, Robert McMurray
December 18, 2020

The Dark Side of Emotional Labour explores the work that the rest of society would rather not think about, the often unseen work that is emotionally disturbing, exhausting, upsetting, and stigmatising. This is work that is simultaneously undesirable and rewarding, work whose tasks are eschewed and ...

The Democratic Organisation Democracy and the Future of Work

The Democratic Organisation: Democracy and the Future of Work

1st Edition

By Thomas Diefenbach
June 24, 2020

Prevailing models of organisation divide people into owners, managers and employees, forcing especially the latter to obey, to behave, and to function well within a hierarchical and managerial pecking order. However, there is no natural law suggesting the need for such organisations, not in market ...

Storytelling for Sustainability in Higher Education An Educator's Handbook

Storytelling for Sustainability in Higher Education: An Educator's Handbook

1st Edition

Edited By Petra Molthan-Hill, Heather Luna, Tony Wall, Helen Puntha, Denise Baden
April 15, 2020

To be a storyteller is an incredible position from which to influence hearts and minds, and each one of us has the capacity to utilise storytelling for a sustainable future. This book offers unique and powerful insights into how stories and storytelling can be utilised within higher education to ...

Professions and Metaphors Understanding professions in society

Professions and Metaphors: Understanding professions in society

1st Edition

Edited By Andreas Liljegren, Mike Saks
December 10, 2019

Professions and Metaphors: Understanding Professions in Society explores the way that two traditions have contributed to our understanding of both theory and society over recent decades. In the first tradition, the growing literature on metaphors has helped to guide thinking, providing insights ...

Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management

Socially Responsible Capitalism and Management

1st Edition

By Henri Savall, Michel Péron, Véronique Zardet, Marc Bonnet
December 05, 2019

In the current crisis context, capitalism is questioned by its detractors or defended by its partisans. The concept of Socially Responsible Capitalism (SRC) is based on the entrepreneurial spirit. It encourages exemplary behaviors, such as effective, efficient and ethical behaviors, by stimulating ...

Governance, Resistance and the Post-Colonial State Management and State Building

Governance, Resistance and the Post-Colonial State: Management and State Building

1st Edition

Edited By Jonathan Murphy, Nimruji Jammulamadaka
September 25, 2019

The manifestation of the colonial nation-state as a legal-bureaucratic-police structure – an exploitation tool – undermined customary modes of governance in colonies. When post-World War II independence of colonies transferred ownership of the state structure to the colonized elite, ...

How Speech Acting and the Struggle of Narratives Generate Organization

How Speech Acting and the Struggle of Narratives Generate Organization

1st Edition

By Thorvald Gran
June 12, 2019

How Speech Acting and the Struggle of Narratives Generate Organization seeks to shed understanding on how speaking or speech-acting affects how we are organized and how we influence each other and wield power. It is suggested that speaking is a major clue to organization and to the creation of new ...

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