Table of contents
Critical complexities: From marginal paradigms to learning networks
Slawomir MagalaThe concepts of critical theory and complexity merit criticism. Growth of knowledge merits paradigmatic sacrifices. The erosion of orthodox establishments and an on‐going…
The subject(ivity) of management
Per DarmerPresents and criticizes the existing management literature. Shows that there exist unsolved problems and paradoxes in the existing functionalistic management theories. Contrasts…
Self and organization: Knowledge work and fragmentation
Hugo Letiche, René van HattemA normative hurdle needs to be taken of moving beyond claims that relationship(s) of exploitation (neo‐Marxism) and bureaucracy (neo‐Weberian) are determinate, and that there is…
“I’m just me”: A study of managerial resistance
Ann P. YoungAn important component of managers’ behaviour is their perceptions of power. Suggests that an examination of managerial resistance might be one way in which questions relating to…
Performance and quality of working life
Hans PruijtExamines the deep structure of the discourse on the organization of work and shows that the most successful texts share a common structure: they construct an ideal model in which…
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- Prof Slawomir Magala