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- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Organizations and Organizational Success
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Managerial Work
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The Doctrine
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About this book
This book provides a brief overview of the fundamental presumptions underlying the idea of management. It is argued that managers and others must endorse these presumptions – the teachings of management – even though they are well aware that their applicability to managerial practice is limited. The author analyzes how the teachings of management are similar to political or religious beliefs and why, unlike such doctrines, they cannot be easily dismissed as outdated or irrelevant. Instead, these assumptions help to construct the idea of the organization, and thus constitute a vital factor in a contemporary society of organizations.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Karin Brunsson is associate professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. She teaches management and has written a number of books on management, organization and decision making; in English The Notion of General Management (2007). Articles and book chapters include critical assessments of popular ideas of sustainability, leadership and business ethics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Teachings of Management
Book Subtitle: Perceptions in a Society of Organizations
Authors: Karin Brunsson
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Business
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56120-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56119-6Published: 04 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56120-2Published: 26 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5482
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5490
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 100
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management, Organization, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Administration, Organization and Leadership