1st Edition
Popular Management Books How they are made and what they mean for organisations
By Staffan Furusten
Copyright 1999
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
The growing interest in management knowledge has generated an enormous literature and brought great success for a number of management gurus. This book is a timely and radical critique of the quick-fix solutions offered by popular management books. Features include: *Detailed criticism of the ideological hegemony of North American managerial discourse *An interrogation of books by leading populist... Read more
Chapter 1: A Study of Popular Management Books; Chapter 2: The Managerial Discourse and The Environment of Organisations; Chapter 3: When Management Knowledge Moves: Chapter 4: Trends in the Supply of Management Books; Chapter 5: Popular Management Books as Carriers of Ideology; Chapter 6: How Popular Management Books Are Made: Chapter 7: What Do Popular Management Books Mean for Organisations?
Biography
Staffan Furusten is AssistantProfessor at Stockholm School of Economics and the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research
