The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies

by Alvesson, Mats; Bridgman, Todd; Willmott, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780199595686
• ISBN10: 0199595682
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-03-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Critical Management Studies (CMS) has emerged as a movement that questions the authority and relevance of mainstream thinking and practice. Critical of established social practices and institutional arrangements, it challenges prevailing systems of domination and promotes the development ofalternatives to them. CMS draws upon diverse critical traditions. Of particular importance for its initial articulation was the thinking of members of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. From these foundations, CMS has grown into a pluralistic and inclusive movement incorporating a diverse range of perspectives -ranging from labour process theory to radical feminism. In recent times, a set of ideas broadly labelled 'poststructuralist' have been developed to complement and challenge the insights of Critical Theory, giving new impetus for scholars seeking to challenge the status quo and articulate a moreinclusive and humane future for management practice. The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies provides an overview of theoretical approaches, key topics, issues, and subject specialisms in management studies, as well as a set of reflections on the progress and prospects of CMS. Contributors are all specialists in the respective fields andshare a concern to interrogate and challenge received wisdom about management theory and practice. Given the rapid growth of the CMS movement, its ever increasing theoretical and geographical diversity and its outreach into the public sphere, The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies is atimely publication. In addition to UK contributors, where CMS has developed most rapidly, there is strong representation from North American contributors as well as from areas where CMS has taken hold more recently, such as Australasia.

Author Biography

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Lund, Sweden. Todd Bridginan is Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Hugh Willmott is Research Professor in Organization Studies, Cardiff Business School

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. x
List of Tables	p. xi
Editor Biographies	p. xii
Author Biographies	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Theoretical Approaches
Critical Theory and its Contribution to Critical Management Studies	p. 29
Critical Realism in Critical Management Studies	p. 52
Poststructuralism in Critical Management Studies	p. 76
Perspectives on Labor Process Theory	p. 99
Key Topics And Issues
Organizations and the Natural Environment	p. 125
Power at Work in Organizations	p. 144
Critical Management Studies on Identity: Mapping the Terrain	p. 166
Managing Globalization	p. 186
Discourse and Critical Management Studies	p. 213
Culture: Broadening the Critical Repertoire	p. 232
Critical Approaches to Organizational Change	p. 251
Ethics: Critique, Ambivalence, And Infinite Responsibilities(Unmet)	p. 267
Critical Management and Organizational History	p. 286
Gender and Diversity: Other Ways to "Make a Difference"	p. 304
Towards a Workers' Society? New Perspectives on Work and Emancipation	p. 328
Critical Management Methodology	p. 345
Specialisms
Marketing	p. 371
Information Systems	p. 392
Strategy	p. 414
Communication	p. 433
Human Resource Management	p. 454
Accounting	p. 473
Critical Management Studies: Progress and Prospects
Challenging Hierarchy	p. 501
On Striving to Give a Critical Edge to Critical Management Studies	p. 515
Critical Reflections on Labor Process Theory, Work, and Management	p. 525
Critical Management Education	p. 536
Handbooks, Swarms, and Living Dangerously	p. 551
Index	p. 563
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