1st Edition
Men Who Manage Fusions of Feeling and Theory in Administration
By Melville Dalton
Copyright 2013
342 Pages
by
Routledge
342 Pages
by
Routledge
338 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is a classic study of how managers interpret and engage problems as they are experienced and felt at various points and levels in factories and businesses. Melville Dalton, drawing on ethnographic data, examines both positive and negative interactions among managers, between managers and between workers, and managers and firms. He discusses the consequences for each group that result from... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by David Shulman Foreword, by George H. Hildebrand Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Managers on Paper 3. Power Struggles in the Line 4. Relations between Staff and Line 5. Local Meanings of High Level Labor Agreements 6. The Managerial Career Ladder 7. The Interlocking of Official and Unofficial Reward 8. The Interconnections of Formal and Informal Action 9. The Manager between Formal and Informal 10. Conclusions 11. Appendix on Method Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
Biography
Melville Dalton
