As the vast literature on management has grown over the years, so too has controversy and dispute. Modern managers cope not only with a complex and ever-changing world, but also with diverse ways of understanding and managing it. This second edition of the popular Controversies in Management sets out to explore some of these puzzles and provide a guide to the different key theories and approaches to management that have developed over the years, relating them to the context of modern business as well as tracing their roots in social science. Thoroughly revised and up-to-date, this is an excellent introductory guide for students, guiding them through the main areas of debate and giving them tools with which to structure their thinking and approach.

Contents:
Chapter 1 - Controversies in Management Chapter 2 - What is Management? A Term in Search of a Meaning Chapter 3 - What is Management? Exploitation Politics and Magic Chapter 4 - The Social Sciences: Can they help managers? Chapter 5 - Principles of Management - Valid or Vacuous? Chapter 6 - Getting Ahead in Management: Meritocracy or Myth? Chapter 7 - Gender in Management - Must Men Manage? Chapter 8 - Organizational Leadership - Does it Make a Difference? Chapter 9 - Managing all over the World - One Way or Many? Chapter 10 - The Future of Management: Business as Unusual?