Understanding management : social science foundations / Paul Willman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-308) and index.

The management field. Theme 1. Accounting for capitalism -- The firm. Theme 2. The agency problem -- Workers of the world ... Theme 3. A short history of collective action --The search for consummate cooperation. Theme 4. A short history of bounded rationality -- The structuring of origanizations. Theme 5. Measuring performance : scorecards and league tables -- Strategy as competition and cooperation. Theme 6. A short history of the M form -- Strategy as organizational theory. Theme 7. Managing markets from hierarchies -- The strange rise of financial economics. Theme 8. The modern corporation -- The anthropology of management. Theme 9. Performativity -- does life imitate art? -- In search of a better past?

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Management is a fragmented and interdisciplinary area of study, with a lot of academic branches. Willman argues this tree is narrower at its roots, and these roots lie primarily in social science. Key to the purpose of the book is to present management theory as applied social science. Developed out of a core management course at Master''s level, this book introduces the field to students who may have little prior knowledge of management. Willman interprets ''management'' broadly to embrace the sub-disciplines of strategy, finance, accounting, marketing, organisational behaviour and operations.

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