The Management of Everyday Life

by Hancock, Philip; Tyler, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9780230524798
• ISBN10: 0230524796
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book brings together leading academics within management, organization studies and sociology to explore the relationship between management and everyday life. The contributing authors all consider the extent to which the theories, discourses and techniques associated with the practices and values of management are increasingly shaping the management of life outside of work. In doing so, they look to reflect critically on why this might be the case and what implications this may have for our everyday lived experiences of self and society. The book helps students to reflect critically on the relationship between management and changes in the organization of work, whilst acknowledging the impact of management on the lived experience of everyday life.

Author Biography

PHILIP HANCOCK is Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, UK

MELISSA TYLER is Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Loughborough Business School, Loughborough University, UK

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Notes on contributors	p. viii
Introduction: The management of everyday life	p. xi
Management and colonization in everyday life	p. 1
Management and embodied living	p. 21
Managing under the covers: Lifestyle media and the management of sexuality in everyday life	p. 23
Over the limit: The management of drug and alcohol use	p. 39
Managing health in everyday life	p. 56
Managing sleep?: The colonization of everyday/night life	p. 74
Management and everyday domesticity	p. 93
Through the crack in the time bind: From market management to family management	p. 95
Metamanagement and the outsourcing of domestic life	p. 109
Ideal homes?: Managing the domestic dream	p. 127
Managing lifestyle and the lifecourse	p. 147
From 'My First Business Day' to 'The Secret Millionaire's Club': Learning to manage from early on	p. 149
Managing conflict: The curious case of neuro-lingustic programming	p. 164
'When I'm sixty five': The shaping and shapers of retirement identity and experience	p. 179
Epilogue	p. 197
Bringing everyday life back into the workplace: Just be yourself!	p. 199
Author index	p. 217
Subject index	p. 220
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