03113nam 2200673 a 450 991067957200332120200520144314.01-134-54645-90-203-16443-10-415-24274-61-134-54646-71-280-02118-710.4324/9780203164433 (CKB)1000000000006660(EBL)180500(OCoLC)271801380(SSID)ssj0000079713(PQKBManifestationID)11107927(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079713(PQKBWorkID)10075402(PQKB)11287316(MiAaPQ)EBC180500(OCoLC)54672336(EXLCZ)99100000000000666020010924d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRealist perspectives on management and organizations /edited by Stephen Ackroyd and Steve Fleetwood1st ed.London Routledge20001 online resource (288 p.)Critical realism--interventionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-27829-1 0-415-24273-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyriht; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Realism in contemporary organisation and management studies; 2 What is management?; 3 In praise of duality and dualism; 4 Structure, culture and agency; 5 Connecting organisations and societies; 6 Structure, agency and Marx's analysis of the labour process1; 7 Critical realist ethnography; 8 Routines, strategy and change in high-technology small firms; 9 Managers' innovations and the structuration of organisations; 10 Case research as a method for industrial networks11 Structuring the labour market12 The British production regime; IndexRealism has been one of the most powerful new developments in philosophy and the social sciences and is now making an increasing impact in business and management studies. This is the first book-length treatment of critical realism in business and management. It pulls together a wide range of material which is all explicitly or implicitly rooted in philosophical realism, and combines theoretical writing with substantive contributions addressing issues such as the nature of the firm and the labour process which together demonstrates that realism is a powerful alternative to posCritical realism--interventions.ManagementOrganizationRealismManagement.Organization.Realism.060.1Ackroyd Stephen144004Fleetwood Steve1955-253436MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910679572003321Realist perspectives on management and organizations4192866UNINA