Power and organizations

Clegg, Stewart. (Author). Courpasson, David. (Added Author). Phillips, Nelson. (Added Author).

Summary: 'This book tirelessly illuminates the nooks and crannies of the power literature, where the lead author is frequently identified as an earlier visitor, taking readers on an audacious tour of power's multiple conceptualizations and expressions' - Hugh Willmott, Diageo Professor of Management Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. In this tour de force, Stewart Clegg, David Courpasson and Nelson Phillips provide a comprehensive account of power and organizations, unlocking power as the central relation of modern organizations and society. The authors present an excellent synthe.

Record details

ISBN: 9780761943914
ISBN: 0761943919
ISBN: 9780761943921
ISBN: 0761943927
ISBN: 9781847877499 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1847877494 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0761943919 (cased)
ISBN: 0761943927 (pbk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (x, 457 p.) : ill.
Publisher: London : SAGE, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Fixing the institutionalization of theory and practice -- Power and efficiency -- Body, soul, and mind -- Curious case of max weber -- Rational system and its irrational other -- The Heart of darkness -- Power to and power over -- The foucault effect -- Critical theories of organizational power -- Discursive thoeries of organizational power -- Power and organizational forms -- Corporate power elites -- Futures of power.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.