A New History of Management Lib/E

Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of good management derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of good management focused on ethical aims, sustainability, and alternative views of good practice. From this new historical perspective, existing assumptions can be countered and simplistic views disputed, offering a platform from which graduate students, researchers, and reflective practitioners can develop alternative approaches for managing and organizing in the twenty-first century.

About the Author :
Timothy Andrés Pabon is an English- and Spanish-speaking voice-over artist who has worked extensively in advertising and audiobook narration. He has had acting roles on House of Cards and has also been a costar on HBO's acclaimed series The Wire opposite country music legend Steve Earl. As a stage actor, he has worked off-Broadway at the June Havoc Theatre, and his regional credits include Center Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, the Hippodrome, Olney Theatre, Rep Stage, and GALA Hispanic Theatre. Stephen Cummings is professor of management at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Recreating Strategy, Images of Strategy, Creative Strategy, Handbook of Management and Creativity, and Strategy Builder, as well as articles in several management journals. Stephen is an academic fellow of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes, Zurich, and chair elect of the Academy of Management's Critical Management Studies Division, New York. Todd Bridgman is senior lecturer in management at Victoria University of Wellington, having previously held research fellowships at Judge Business School and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. He coedited The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies and is currently coeditor-in-chief of Management Learning. John Hassard is professor of organizational analysis at the University of Manchester. He has written several books, including Sociology and Organization Theory and Managing in the Modern Corporation, as well as journal articles for leading business research journals such as Academy of Management Review and Industrial Relations. Michael Rowlinson is professor of management and organizational history at the University of Exeter. He cofounded the journal Management & Organizational History in 2006 and was an editor until 2013. He is currently an associate editor of Organization Studies and a member of the editorial board of Academy of Management Review. With John Hassard and Stephanie Decker, he authored the landmark article Research Strategies for Organizational History: A Dialogue between Historical Theory and Organization Theory in Academy of Management Review.