1st Edition

Surveillance A Key Idea for Business and Society

By Graham Sewell Copyright 2021
190 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Being watched and watching others is a universal feature of all human societies. How does the phenomenon of surveillance affect, interact with, and change the world of business? This concise book unveils a key idea in the history and future of management. For centuries managers have claimed the right to monitor employees, but in the digital era, this management activity has become enhanced... Read more

CHAPTER 1 - Surveillance at Work

CHAPTER 2 - We’ve Always Been Working Away at Surveillance

CHAPTER 3 - The Prison and the Factory

CHAPTER 4 - Someone to Watch Over Me

CHAPTER 5 - The Surveillant Assemblage at Work

CHAPTER 6 - The Gaze at Work

CHAPTER 7 - Heterotopias of Surveillance at Work

CHAPTER 8 - Modern Surveillance is Rubbish

Biography

Graham Sewell is Professor of Management at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Graham Sewell’s brilliant book offers a ground-breaking analysis of forms of surveillance and their acute effects in modern societies. A wide-ranging, ambitious and powerful piece of sociological inquiry, there is no better source for understanding the ubiquitous nature of surveillance in social and organizational settings. Required reading for scholars and students alike.

John Hassard, University of Manchester