The Politics of Management Knowledge

Stewart Clegg is Professor at the University of Sydney in the School of Project Management and the John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and an Emeritus Professor of the University of Technology Sydney.

Introduction - Stewart R Clegg and Gill Palmer Producing Management Knowledge PART ONE: PRODUCING MANAGERS Making Up Managers - Paul du Gay Enterprise and the Ethos of Bureaucracy The Mentality of Management - Klaus P Hansen Self-Images of American Top Executives The Role of Social Identity in the International Transfer of Knowledge through Joint Ventures - John Child and Suzana Rodrigues PART TWO: COMPARATIVE CULTURAL RECIPES FOR MANAGEMENT Lean Production - Bengt Sandkull The Myth which Changes the World? The International Popularization of Entrepreneurial Ideas - Jos[ac]e Luis Alvarez Excellence at Large - Eduardo Ibarra-Colado Power, Knowledge and Organizational Forms in Mexican Universities From Cultural Imperialism to Independence - Jean-Fran[ci]cois Chanlat Francophone Resistance to Anglo-American Definitions of Management Knowledge in Qu[ac]ebec PART THREE: THE FUTURE FOR MANAGEMENT Interrogating Reframing - Ian Palmer and Richard Dunford Evaluating Metaphor-Based Analyses of Organizations Managing Sceptically - Harvie Ramsay A Critique of Organizational Fashion The Axeman Cometh - Harry Scarbrough and Gibson Burrell The Changing Roles and Knowledges of Middle Managers Management Knowledge for the Future - Stewart R Clegg et al Innovation, Embryos and New Paradigms

`A valuable collection of readings which will assist both academics and practising managers who are seeking clarification on the themes and language of postmodernism as a framework for interpreting management knowledge - one most likely to assist management educators gain further insights into a field which is being recognised as extensive and complex' - Financial Times, New Delhi `I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in critical approaches to management' - Asia Pacific Business Review `The reader will find a number of stimulating analyses of management practices' - European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology `The Politics of Management Knowledge explores the relations between management knowledge, power and practice within the context of globalisation.... [the book] presents open discussion on a range of issues, identification of advantages and disadvantages of various perspectives followed by the identification of possible criteria for choosing a solution. There is a constant ideology throughout that is averse to adopting one model, rather the need for flexibility and creative lateral thinking is encouraged in the reader. Overall I feel that this is an interesting read which could benefit many academics and students' - School Leadership and Management