Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies

by Mark Tadajewski

• ISBN13: 9781849205696
• ISBN10: 1849205698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-04
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

Ideal as an introduction and as a quick reference, Key Concepts in Critical Management Studies explores the essential concepts used within the field today. Specially edited and written by a range of international experts, key ideas are succinctly explained and illustrated beyond a simple definition. Further reading suggestions and cross-referencing provide the reader with means to develop their knowledge further. With over 50 entries, from Actor Network Theory to Utopianism, readers have instant access and explanation of the most influential concepts in CMS literature.

Table of Contents

What Is Critical Management Studies?

Accountability

Aesthetics

Alternative Organization

American Pragmatism

Actor-Network Theory (ANT)

Bureaucracy

Business Ethics

Capitalism and Anti-Capitalism

Class

Colonialism and Post-Colonialism

Commodity Fetishism

Consumer Culture

Corporate Social Reporting

Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporation

Critical Accounting

Critical Human Resource Management

Critical International Management

Critical Marketing Studies

Critical Realism

Critical Theory

Deconstruction

Dialectics

Discourse

Environmentalism

Feminism

Gender

Globalisation

Governmentality

Hegemony

Hermeneutics

Identity

Ideology

Immaterial Labour

Labour Process Theory

Managerialism

Marxism and Post-Marxism

Materiality

McDonaldization

Neo-Liberalism

Paradigm

Political Economy

Postmodernism

Post-Structuralism

Power

Queer Theory

Reflexivity

Sexuality

Subjectivity and Subjectivation

Surveillance

Utopia and Utopianism

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