The Teachings of Management Perceptions in a Society of Organization
This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management. It is argued that managers and others must endorse these presumptions – the teachings of management – even though they are well aware that their applica
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Karin Brunsson
The Teachings of Management Perceptions in a Society of Organizations
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Karin Brunsson Department of Business Studies Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
ISSN 2191-5482 SpringerBriefs in Business ISBN 978-3-319-56119-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56120-2
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A Management Doctrine
Dear reader, Starting from the presumption that a society of organizations adequately describes the prevailing economic order, the purpose of this book is threefold: (i) To convince you that the idea of management is related to the idea that there are organizations; consequently a society of organizations is also a management society; (ii) To convince you that interrelated ideas about management make the teachings of management into a management doctrine; and (iii) To convince you that the management doctrine is inevitable in a society of organizations. Once you realize that the teachings of management are only a ‘doctrine,’ you will hopefully be less frustrated by the unruly managerial practice that you are bound to meet in your organization. Hopefully, too, you will be unimpressed by new management tools, but tolerant to indecisive, partial, dominant—or absent— managers. No manager is perfect. Uppsala, February 2017
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Contents
Part I
Organizations and Organizational
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