Management Lives: Power and Identity in Work Organizations

By Hugh Willmott and David Knights

Book Overview

Based on courses taught by the authors over many years, this innovative text is a lively and accessible analysis of people at work and the problems they have to confront. The student is introduced to a range of key themes in management such as: power and identity; consumption and bureaucracy; rational choice and meaning all through the medium of characters and situations in contemporary literature.

The clear theoretical framework, supported by footnotes, summaries and further reading guides, makes this an introduction to management the student will find useful as well as enjoyable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803983344
• ISBN13: 9780803983342
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"