Social theorists speculate about large-scale social questions, asking of any phenomenon, how is it possible? This book addresses how various social theories contribute key insights into the nature of organizations and management. The cast of characters to be found in this book have had a…
Paperback – 2019-06-28
Routledge
Ever since Max Weber and Frederick Taylor, public organizations have been told that effective practice lies in maximizing rationality through science. Yet science-based management reforms have had only marginal impact on performance. People in entry-level positions posses knowledge from direct…
Hardback – 2019-06-04
Routledge
This volume offers empirically based insights and findings on the question of how human service organizations are reacting to the increasing need for greater impact, effectiveness and performance. As demand for increased impact outstrips our knowledge of how best to achieve these goals, the book’s…
Hardback – 2019-05-31
Routledge
Within contemporary culture, ‘leadership’ is seen in ways that appeal to celebrated societal values and norms. As a result, it is becoming difficult to use the language of leadership without at the same time assuming its essentially positive, intrinsically affirmative nature. Within organizations,…
Paperback – 2019-05-28
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Leadership Research
Written by a world-renowned authority, Hierarchy takes readers on a journey which traverses how hierarchy has evolved, is understood in various disciplines, and is applied in practice. Referring a wide range of sources, the book provides an inspirational introduction to understanding what is…
Paperback – 2019-05-24
Routledge
Key Ideas in Business and Management
Politics is an aspect of everyday life within organizations, and is a force that inhibits individual and collective behaviour. If not fully understood, it can impede organizational change and development. In order to minimise the political aspects of organizational dynamics there is a need to…
Hardback – 2019-05-12
Routledge
Routledge Focus on Business and Management
This book captures a range of important developments that have occurred in Information Systems over the last forty years, with a particular focus on India and the developing world. Over this time, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Information Systems (IS) have come to play a…
Hardback – 2019-04-30
Routledge India
Originally published in 1990. Why has the pattern of ownership in British industry changed so dramatically in recent years? This high-level and wide-ranging discussion on the developments of the industrial scene in Britain investigates why such changes have occurred, and explores their impact on…
Paperback – 2019-04-19
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
In this title, first published in 1987, the author discusses the economic and industrial circumstances in Britain under which profit-sharing and co-partnership came into being. He explores the merits and drawbacks of the system as both advocates and opponents saw them, the motivations of employers…
Paperback – 2019-04-19
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
First published in 1975, Workers’ Participation in Industry provides a fresh perspective on a highly significant issue. Its principal argument is that developments in workers’ participation and control cannot be satisfactorily understood except by reference to broader questions concerning the…
Paperback – 2019-04-19
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
This title, originally published in 1986, explores the political and economic conditions of the 1980s, and reflects the world-wide interest in industrial democracy. Each chapter analyses the main adaptations in policy, theory and experimentation that have occurred in industrial democracy in the…
Paperback – 2019-04-19
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy
This work, originally published in 1989, examines a highly important phenomenon: the growth of profit-sharing and share-ownership schemes for employees within the company. The Origins of Economic Democracy traces the origins and developments of such schemes internationally, and presents an…
Paperback – 2019-04-19
Routledge
Routledge Library Editions: Employee Ownership and Economic Democracy