The Guru In Me Critical Perspectives On Management

Author : Stefan Pertz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638749251

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The Guru in Me - Critical Perspectives on Management by Stefan Pertz Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 92 percent (First), University of Lincoln, 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "Peters is ... the father of the post-modern corporation." Why do people follow Gurus?One explanation can be the search for meaning in life. They offer fulfilment and promise a peaceful and happy life . Herein the emphasis lies on management Gurus. Can we transfer the above to a management context? In management we follow rules, rituals and symbols. Every morning we are called to the holy mass, worshipping the corporate identity manual and confessing our companies inability to keep the promise of short delivery times to our customer . Our consultant will teach us by showing us how we can improve quality, reduce wastage and improve happiness in our jobs. Tom Peters with his work on "excellent companies" lay the foundation of the work presented. Utilizing postmodernist techniques, the author challenges the teachings of the so called management gurus. Decentering, deconstructing and reflecting back on itself the author critically re-evaluates his personal guru. As a result a new perception of the circle commonly known as management gurus materializes and the insights gained are to be used as a tool in modern management. Are modern managers mislead in their thinking by following the wrong ideas?

Author : Mark Learmonth,Kevin Morrell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351602815

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Critical Perspectives on Leadership by Mark Learmonth,Kevin Morrell Pdf

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, routinely referring to bosses as ‘leaders’ has, therefore, become both a symptom and a cause of a deep, largely unexamined new conceptual architecture. This architecture underpins how we think about authority and power at work. Capitalism, and its turbo-charged offspring neo-liberalism, have effectively captured ‘leader’ and ‘leadership’ to serve their own purposes. In other words, organizational leadership today is so often a particular kind of insidious conservativism dressed up in radical adjectives. This book makes visible the work that the language of leadership does in perpetuating fictions that are useful for bosses of work organizations. We do this so that we – and anyone who shares similar discomforts – can make a start in unravelling the fiction. We contend that even if our views are contrary to the vast and powerful leadership industry, our basic arguments rest on things that are plain and evident for all to see. Critical Perspectives on Leadership: The Language of Corporate Power will be key reading for students, academics and practitioners in the disciplines of Leadership, Organizational Studies, Critical Management Studies, Sociology and the related disciplines.

Author : Patrick Okedinachi Utomi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110202103

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Critical Perspectives on Nigerian Political Economy and Management by Patrick Okedinachi Utomi Pdf

These essays are taken from the many symposiums diagnosing Nigeria's prolonged stagnation. The book is designed as a companion to the author's previous book Managing Uncertainty: Competition and Strategy in Emerging Economies which won the Boshorun M.K.O. Abiola prize as the best academic book published in Nigeria in 1998. The five parts of the book are Strategy and the Nigerian Environment; The Environment of Banking and Finance; Political Economy Issues and the Macro-economy; Challenge to Business; Budget Reviews and Policy Advocacy; Values and Management Effectiveness; and Case Studies.

Author : Mark Hughes
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843984528

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Managing Change by Mark Hughes Pdf

Managing Change: A Critical Perspective explores how and why change occurs in organizations and how the change process can be managed effectively. Complete with an appendix featuring twenty popular change management techniques, it is an ideal core textbook for change modules on HR and business degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It offers a critical perspective, challenging the main assumptions and ensuring that the complexity of the subject is understood and appreciated. This fully updated 2nd edition of Managing Change: A Critical Perspective includes new chapters on perspectives, power and politics, ethics, agents and agency, HRM and evaluation. Its revised structure reflects strategic, group and individual change, and a revised final chapter evaluates the practice and theory of change management. Online supporting resources include annotated weblinks for students, an instructor’s manual complete with commentary on questions and cases in the book and lecture slides and additional case studies for tutors.

Author : Stefan Lawrence
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000772142

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Digital Wellness, Health and Fitness Influencers by Stefan Lawrence Pdf

This book examines the phenomenon of ‘digital guru media’ (DGM), the self-styled online influencers, life coaches, experts and entrepreneurs who post on the themes of wellness, health and fitness. It opens up new perspectives on digital leisure and internet celebrity culture, and asks important questions about the social, cultural and psychological implications of our contemporary relationship with digital media. Drawing on cutting-edge social theory, the book explores a wide range of contexts in which DGM intersects with digital leisure, from the health-related learning of young people to the ‘clean eating’ movement, to the online lives of fitness professionals. It asks if digital and social media are problematic per se and explores the problems a turn to the Internet could be revealing about the lack of real-world or analogue support, as well as potential solutions, for our wellness, health and fitness needs and wants. Bringing together innovative, multi-disciplinary perspectives, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in leisure studies, media studies, cultural studies, sociology, or health and society.

Author : Mats Alvesson,Hugh Willmott
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849200868

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Making Sense of Management by Mats Alvesson,Hugh Willmott Pdf

The First Edition of Making Sense of Management set out to provide a fresh perspective on management that was both broad and critical, exploring how the disruptive and constructive potential of critical theory can be realized in organizations. Along the way, it has proven to be a landmark contribution to critical management studies. As well as setting the agenda for current research, this revised edition has been written to appeal to a broader readership and open up critical theory for the general management student. The Second Edition includes new sections on HRM, brands, identity, ethics and leadership have been fully developed alongside the rest of the text to reflect the current state of play in critical management studies.

Author : Ann L Cunliffe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529756463

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A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management by Ann L Cunliffe Pdf

Conceived by Chris Grey, SAGE’s ′A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap’ series shies away from the sterility of conventional textbooks, offering students an informal and accessible overview of the field which challenges the traditional literature. A bestseller from the series, this new edition of A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management by internationally renowned academic Ann L. Cunliffe has been updated to reflect current research. With inclusion of more international examples and coverage of ethical management, new ways of working and recent successes and failures in leadership in relation to the Covid pandemic, this book will stretch, surprise and reward business and management students at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels.

Author : Mark Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351265942

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Managing and Leading Organizational Change by Mark Hughes Pdf

Organizational change impacts upon all organizations regardless of size and sector. In this unique organizational change textbook, important ongoing debates about managing change and leading change are combined, giving a broader perspective that encourages readers to engage with both management and leadership. In combination, management and leadership insights inform how organizations are changing and how we can make a positive difference in such processes of change. Managing and Leading Organizational Change speaks both to the applied and practical aspects of organizational change, as well as questioning the research and evidence base of organizational change practices. Chapters begin with real-world insights, followed by coverage of the major theories. The ongoing nature of these debates is signposted through the inclusion of questioning sections with research case studies showcased. This textbook will be particularly beneficial for final year undergraduates and postgraduates studying organizational change, strategic change, change management and change leadership modules.

Author : David Collins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136295089

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Management Fads and Buzzwords by David Collins Pdf

Around 5,000 business and management titles are published every year, and increasingly, their preferred mode of presentation is centred on the creation and marketing of buzzwords and fads. This book argues that these management fads and buzzwords deflect critical inquiry and limit useful action because they present a 'ready made' view of the world, which rejects the benefits of theoretical analysis and reflection. Topics covered include: * the 'guru industry' * 'excellence' * business process re-engineering * empowerment * culture * knowledge work * globalization. 'Unpacking' the 'guru industry' and analyzing the fads and buzzwords, this book provides a 'critical-practical' analysis, designed to allow readers to locate, understand and critique management fashion.

Author : Eric Guthey,Timothy Clark,Brad Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134336746

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Demystifying Business Celebrity by Eric Guthey,Timothy Clark,Brad Jackson Pdf

Business celebrities such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Rupert Murdoch are among the most widely recognised, admired and sometimes even vilified individuals in the world. Like their celebrity peers from the entertainment, sports, arts and political worlds, business celebrities exert an influence that is pervasive, but difficult to assess, evaluate and explain. Business celebrities have been around for as long as big business itself, but this is the first book to provide a systematic exploration of how they are constructed and why they exist. Business celebrities include entrepreneurs, CEOs, and management gurus. The book argues that these individuals are not self-made, but rather are created by a process of widespread media exposure to the point that their actions, personalities and even private lives function symbolically to represent significant dynamics and tensions prevalent in the contemporary business environment. Demystifying Business Celebrity raises questions about the impact and significance of the production of celebrity upon our understanding of, and our ability to promote the practice of leadership in an enlightened manner. The book will prove a useful addition to the enlightened business student’s bookshelf and will be informative reading for all those with an interest in business and management.

Author : Alan R. Malachowski
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415184630

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Business Ethics by Alan R. Malachowski Pdf

Author : Bill Fotsch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781954676169

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Partners on the Payroll by Bill Fotsch Pdf

Partners on the Payroll wonderfully illustrates the value of all employees acting as committed and engaged owners. —Dan Mortensen, President and CEO, Virginia Council on Economic Education, Former executive, Capital One Most entrepreneurs and executives would like their employees to feel engaged in the business, to go the extra mile, to think and act like owners. But they aren’t sure how to create such an environment. That’s where Partners on the Payroll comes in. In this short but powerful book, veteran business coach Bill Fotsch shows how any business can transform its employees into full-scale partners‍—people who understand the business and work together to improve its performance. Fotsch, who has worked with more than four hundred companies over the years, begins with a simple argument: our free-enterprise society needs partnership to overcome the divisions that threaten it. He then takes the reader step-by-step through the process of creating a partnership company, illustrating his points with fascinating stories of businesses, both large and small, that have transformed themselves. Readable and hard-hitting, this is the book for any owner or manager who wants to build not just a better business but a better world.

Author : Anders Örtenblad
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783475605

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Handbook of Research on Management Ideas and Panaceas by Anders Örtenblad Pdf

Over time management ideas and panaceas have been presented alternately as quick fix cures for all corporate ills and the emperor’s new clothes, beset by flaws and problems. This Handbook provides a different approach, suggesting that management ideas and panaceas should not be either adopted or rejected outright, but gives guidance in the art of assessing and applying management ideas and panaceas to various situations and contexts. The contributors discuss the ways in which researchers, organizational actors and higher educational institutions (HEIs) can more wisely test the relevance of management ideas and panaceas, and adapt these to fit organizations in various contexts. They conclude that, in order to accomplish wiser relevance-testing and adaptation, there is a need for diversity, critical examination and transparency. All students, scholars and researchers in management and organization with an interest in the adaptation and translation of management ideas and panaceas, will find this book to be of interest. Reflective practitioners will find the focus on context illuminating and helpful.

Author : Stefan Heusinkveld,Marlieke van Grinsven,Claudia Groß,David Greatbatch,Timothy Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107182912

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The Flow of Management Ideas by Stefan Heusinkveld,Marlieke van Grinsven,Claudia Groß,David Greatbatch,Timothy Clark Pdf

Traces the flow of management ideas from lectures and seminars given by management gurus to organizational practice and beyond.

Author : Mark Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000111495598

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Change Management by Mark Hughes Pdf

This text covers all the key elements of organisational, team and individual change with a critical edge. Because change is a complex subject area that is often difficult to categorise, it also offers a critical perspective that challenges assumptions in this area, as well as ensuring that the complexities of this area remain clear.