03415oam 2200781I 450 99621731210331620240405073439.01-134-54645-90-203-16443-10-415-24274-61-134-54646-71-280-02118-710.4324/9780203164433 (CKB)1000000000006660(EBL)180500(OCoLC)271801380(SSID)ssj0000079713(PQKBManifestationID)11107927(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079713(PQKBWorkID)10075402(PQKB)11287316(MiAaPQ)EBC180500(OCoLC)54672336(EXLCZ)99100000000000666020180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRealist perspectives on management and organisations /edited by Stephen Ackroyd and Steve Fleetwood1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (288 p.)Critical realism--interventionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-27829-1 0-415-24273-8 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.ManagementManagementOrganizationRealismManagementHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCManagement Styles & CommunicationHILCCManagement.Management.Organization.Realism.ManagementBusiness & EconomicsManagement Styles & Communication060.1060/.1338.6Ackroyd Stephen144004Fleetwood Steve1955-253436AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK996217312103316Realist perspectives on management and organisations2412057UNISA