In Search of Management (Revised Edition)
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In Search of Management (Revised Edition) by Tony Watson
By observing the lives and experiences of ordinary managers struggling to succeed in a business, this book considers basic questions about the nature of management.
ForewordPreface to the Revised Edition. Preface. Introduction. 1. Managing and Making Sense: Culture, Control and Dialogue. 2. Management: An Activity in Search of Itself. 3. Managers in Search of Themselves. 4. The Organisation in Search of Itself. 5. Strategy and Culture in Practice: A Tale of Two Rhetorics. 6. Means, Ends and Going Around in Circles. 7. Managing Management: Theory, Practice and Emotion. 8. Managing to Manage: Language, Humour, Gender and Home. 9. Culture, Competence and Keeping Faith. Appendix: A Scheme of Management Competences. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861525239 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861525230 |
| Title | In Search of Management (Revised Edition) |
| Author | Tony Watson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cengage Learning EMEA |
| Year published | 2000-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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