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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan Thomas |
| ISBN: | 0415269008 9780415269001 0415269016 9780415269018 |
| OCLC Number: | 50581938 |
| Notes: | Previous ed.: 1993. |
| Description: | ix, 260 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Controversies in management -- What is management? A term in search of a meaning -- What is management? Exploitation, politics and magic -- The social sciences: Can they help managers? -- Principles of management: Valid or vacuous? -- Getting ahead in management: Meritocracy or myth? -- Gender in management: Must men manage? -- Organizational leadership: Does it make a difference? -- Managing all over the world: One way or many? -- The future of management: Business as unusual? |
| Responsibility: | Alan Berkeley Thomas. |
Abstract:
Modern managers cope not only with a complex and ever changing world, but also with diverse ways of understanding and managing it. This second edition sets out to explore some of these puzzles and provides a guide to the different key theories and approaches to management that have developed over the years.
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