Interpreting the Maternal Organization Contributor(s): Höpfl, Heather (Editor), Kostera, Monika (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415285747 ISBN-13: 9780415285742 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: This book examines the organization as embodied experience. An international range of contributors is assembled to deal explicitly with the 'maternal' aspects of organization. This challenging book will be of essential interest to all critical management theorists. With its innovative approach, it will also appeal to students, teachers, and all those looking for an approach to management that does justice to the complexity, ambivalence and chaos of the world of organizing. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Negotiating - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior |
Dewey: 302.35 |
LCCN: 2002068315 |
Lexile Measure: 1250 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.6" W x 9.24" (1.24 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Over the past ten to fifteen years there has been an increasing interest in emotion in organizations, in diversity, ethics, care and the ubiquitous pursuit of quality. These concerns, however, have consistently been reduced to issues of management and regulation. There is now a growing need to confront issues related to the dehumanization of organizations. This book brings these issues together, presenting an original construction of the organization via an emphasis on the (m)other. |