John Hendry (Cambridge Fellow of Girton College and Emeritus Profe

Management: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

In this Very Short Introduction, John Hendry provides a lively introduction to the nature and principles of management. Tracing its development over the past century, Hendry looks not only at the jobs managers do today and their place in the culture of work, but also provides an insight into modern management theory.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 117g
• ISBN-13: 9780199656981
• ISBN-10: 0199656983
• Artikelnr.: 38244930

Autorenporträt

John Hendry has been teaching management for over 25 years. He was Founder Director of the University of Cambridge MBA, Head of the University of Reading Business School and Deputy Dean of Henley Business School, and has also served on the faculties of London Business School, Cranfield School of Management and the Mendoza School of Business at the University of Notre Dame. His research in business strategy and organizations, business ethics and corporate governance has been published in many of the leading management journals. He has worked in large business and accounting firms and the public sector and currently chairs a theatre production company in London's West End.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and acknowledgements
Part 1: Introducing Management
1: Management and managing
2: The work of the manager
Part II: The evolution of management: theory and practice
3: Management and authority
4: Rationalising management
5: Socialising management
6: Individualising management
Part III: Management in context
7: Management across cultures
8: Critical perspectives on management
9: Management as sense-making
10: Management and morality
References and further reading
Index