Power and Organizations.
Title:
Power and Organizations.
Author:
Clegg, Stewart R.
ISBN:
9781847877499
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (442 pages)
Series:
Foundations for Organizational Science series
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Fixing the Institutionalization of Theory and Practice -- 2 Power and Efficiency -- 3 Body, Soul, and Mind -- 4 The Curious Case of Max Weber -- 5 The Rational System and Its Irrational Other -- 6 The Heart of Darkness -- 7 Power To and Power Over -- 8 The Foucault Effect -- 9 Critical Theories of Organizational Power -- 10 Discursive Theories of Organizational Power -- 11 Power and Organizational Forms -- 12 Corporate Power Elites -- 13 The Futures of Power? -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
A comprehensive account of power and organizations, unlocking power as the central relation of modern organizations and society. The authors present an excellent synthesis of organization, social and political theory to offer an overview of power and organizations that is historically informed, addresses current issues and is comprehensive in scope.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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