Work Organisations

A critical, in-depth, analytical analysis offering a distinctive perspective, this well respected, rigorous and authoritative text has been updated to include the latest international research and practice. The 4th edition includes new material on contemporary topics such as; performance management, emotional and aesthetic labour, resistance and misbehaviour at work, new developments in corporate structures and labour markets, and work life balance. There is a new chapter on knowledge and improved pedagogy, making it more student friendly, we have also developed a companion website to support both the student and lecturer. Incorporating a wealth of empirical research this unique approach puts organisations in a socio-economic context, and covers psychological material, as well as broader issues, and provides students with a thorough understanding of the nature of work and organisations.

ISBN 023052222X   Pages 544 ISBN13 9780230522220 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Weight (grammes) 1009 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780333949917 Publication date 17 Jun 2009   Height (mm) 245 Library of Congress HD58.7   Width (mm) 190 DEWEY 302.35   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		List of tables and figures
Pt. I		Key issues in work and organisation		1
1		Studying organisations: an introduction		3
2		The emergence of large-scale organisations		19
3		Taylor, Weber and the bureaucratisation of the workplace		28
4		Managing the human factor		42
5		Organisations and environments		55
6		Culture, companies and countries in a globalising era		71
7		Management		89
8		Control and resistance		103
9		Power in organisations		122
10		Gender, sexuality and organisations		139
11		Corporations and culture: reinventing organisation man		158
Pt. II		Contemporary changes in working life		179
12		The bigger picture: society, economy and organisations		181
13		Doing the business: hierarchies, networks and the governance of the firm		193
14		Labour in the market: flexible futures?		203
15		Work systems: restructuring the division of labour		216
16		Knowledge and its management		233
		Part II: Conclusions and key arguments		247
Pt. III		Understanding organisational behaviour: issues and agendas		253
17		Introduction: regulating organisational behaviour		255
18		Perception and attitudes: seeing what to think		262
19		Masks for tasks: personality		279
20		Learning and change		290
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