1.Introduction
Rationale for the book
Organisation of the book
Introduction to theoretical and practical approaches used
2. The foundations of organisation theory
Scientific management
Classical approaches
Work study approaches
3.Rationalist theories of organisation behaviour
Bureaucracy
Programmed change
Business performance re-engineering
4. A concern for people
Motivation theory
Human relations approach
Emotional labour
5.The application of the human relations approach
Neo-human relations
Total quality management
'Japanese' methods: JIT, Kaizen, Kamban, quality circles etc
6.The optimistic approach
1960's US theorists: Blauner etc
Convergence theories
End of ideology: Bell, Fukuyama etc
Flexible specialisation
7. The communitarian approach
Communitarianism
Etzioni, Chomsky etc
Giddens and the Third Way
8. Marx and his influence
The work of Marx
The social background
Capital & labour
9.Critical theory
Frankfurt School: Marcuse, Horkheimer, Adorno etcGramsci
Lukacs
Habermas
10.The postmodern approach
Foucault: discourse; knowledge / power
Derrida
Lyotard
Post-structuralism: Eco, Fish, Baudrillard etc
11. Social contructionism
Social constructionism: excluded voices, gender, race etc
Said
12. Environmentalism
A concern for the environment
The social contract
Ethics
Corporate social responsibility
13.Current ideas of organisations
Management of change
Knowledge management
Organisations and learning
Current and future trends
14.Conclusions
Relevance of theories covered to current situation
Integration of perspectives
