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Managers are powerful. The organizations of our time are in essence
managerial organizations, even our societies are managerial
societies. This book looks behind the portrait of management as
value-free 'technicality' and challenges the image of managers as
the selfless pursuer of an organization's survival and development.
It explains that individual interests and careers of managers are
only part of a wider epochal and historic picture - the picture of
managers as the new ruling class using and misusing organizations
for their own personal and group interests while portraying their
own roles and actions as 'increasing the efficiency of
organizations' and 'serving the public interest'. But why exactly
are managers so powerful? Why and how do managers dominate our
organizations? It will be argued that the prevailing understanding
of management and managers is only at the surface about functional
aspects. In its very core management has been, and is, all about
the power and control, interests and ideology of managers--in
short, the dominance of managers over other groups of people. In
order to investigate and explain this dominance, a
multi-dimensional 'theory of social dominance of managers', will be
developed which reveals the personal and group interests behind
such claims and is based in its core on three explanatory factors;
power, interests, and ideology. These factors themselves will be
analyzed as comprehensive, multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary
concepts in order to address the complex nature of managers'
dominance appropriately.
Prevailing models of organisation divide people into owners,
managers and employees, forcing especially the latter to obey, to
behave, and to function well within a hierarchical and managerial
pecking order. However, there is no natural law suggesting the need
for such organisations, not in market economies and definitely not
in modern democratic societies - and there is no justification for
such types of organisation. Arguing that most current organisations
are orthodox, hierarchical, anti-democratic, oppressive, unfair,
and unjust, this book presents a viable alternative, a better type
of organisation - the democratic organisation. Diefenbach develops
and provides step by step a systematic, comprehensive, thorough,
and detailed general model of the democratic organisation. He
describes the democratic organisation's fundamental principles,
values, governance, management, structures, and processes, and the
ways it functions and operates both within the organisation and
towards others and the environment. Crucially, and most
importantly, the democratic organisation provides the institutions
and organisational context for individuals to maintain and pursue
their fundamental freedoms, inalienable rights, and dignity; to
manage organisations in democratic, participative, and cooperative
ways; and to conduct business in considerate, balanced, and
sustainable ways. This book will be of interest to researchers,
academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of management,
organisation studies, strategic management, business ethics,
entrepreneurship, and family business.
Most people take the conditions they work and live in as a given,
believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that
organisations are hierarchical. Many even think that this is the
way it should be - and are neither willing nor able to think that
it could be otherwise. This book raises the awareness of hierarchy,
its complexity and longevity. It focuses on a single but
fundamental problem of social systems such as dyads, groups,
organisations and whole societies: Why and how does hierarchical
social order persist over time? In order to investigate the
question, author Thomas Diefenbach develops a general theory of the
persistence of hierarchical social order. This theory interrogates
the problem of the persistence of hierarchical social order from
very different angles, in multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary
ways. Even more crucially, it traces the very causes of the
phenomenon, the reasons and interests behind hierarchy as well as
the various mechanisms which keep it going. This is the first time
such a theory is attempted. With the help of the theory developed
in this book, it is possible to interrogate systematically,
comprehensively and in detail how mindsets and behaviours as well
as societal and organisational structures enable the continuation
of hierarchy
Most people take the conditions they work and live in as a given,
believing it to be normal that societies are stratified and that
organisations are hierarchical. Many even think that this is the
way it should be - and are neither willing nor able to think that
it could be otherwise. This book raises the awareness of hierarchy,
its complexity and longevity. It focuses on a single but
fundamental problem of social systems such as dyads, groups,
organisations and whole societies: Why and how does hierarchical
social order persist over time? In order to investigate the
question, author Thomas Diefenbach develops a general theory of the
persistence of hierarchical social order. This theory interrogates
the problem of the persistence of hierarchical social order from
very different angles, in multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary
ways. Even more crucially, it traces the very causes of the
phenomenon, the reasons and interests behind hierarchy as well as
the various mechanisms which keep it going. This is the first time
such a theory is attempted. With the help of the theory developed
in this book, it is possible to interrogate systematically,
comprehensively and in detail how mindsets and behaviours as well
as societal and organisational structures enable the continuation
of hierarchy
Managers are powerful. The organizations of our time are in essence
managerial organizations, even our societies are managerial
societies. This book looks behind the portrait of management as
value-free 'technicality' and challenges the image of managers as
the selfless pursuer of an organization's survival and development.
It explains that individual interests and careers of managers are
only part of a wider epochal and historic picture -- the picture of
managers as the new ruling class using and misusing organizations
for their own personal and group interests while portraying their
own roles and actions as 'increasing the efficiency of
organizations' and 'serving the public interest'. But why exactly
are managers so powerful? Why and how do managers dominate our
organizations? It will be argued that the prevailing understanding
of management and managers is only at the surface about functional
aspects. In its very core management has been, and is, all about
the power and control, interests and ideology of managers--in
short, the dominance of managers over other groups of people.In
order to investigate and explain this dominance, a
multi-dimensional 'theory of social dominance of managers', will be
developed which reveals the personal and group interests behind
such claims and is based in its core on three explanatory factors;
power, interests, and ideology. These factors themselves will be
analyzed as comprehensive, multi-dimensional and interdisciplinary
concepts in order to address the complex nature of managers'
dominance appropriately.
This special volume brings together leading scholars in the field
of organisation studies to reflect on the universal phenomena of
hierarchy (vertical organisation of tasks) and bureaucracy
(rule-bound execution of tasks). The result is a colourful
kaleidoscope of thought-provoking, critical and refreshingly
non-mainstream analysis of hierarchy and bureaucracy. The chapters
range from minute accounts of a single case to broader historical
analysis, from the 'classical' journal paper to essay-style
elaborations. The first section provides fundamentals and
historical accounts of bureaucracy, highlighting negative and
positive effects of bureaucracy and a differentiated picture with
some future outlook. The second section focuses on the analysis of
organisational, cultural and socio-psychological aspects of
hierarchy and bureaucracy by interrogating hierarchy in
contemporary work via a new framework, exploring the cultural
fantasy of hierarchy and sovereignty, and examining subordinates'
challenges to organisational hierarchy. The final section comprises
two chapters which provide some alternative views on, and
alternatives to hierarchy. One is alarming, the other is puzzling.
Prevailing models of organisation divide people into owners,
managers and employees, forcing especially the latter to obey, to
behave, and to function well within a hierarchical and managerial
pecking order. However, there is no natural law suggesting the need
for such organisations, not in market economies and definitely not
in modern democratic societies - and there is no justification for
such types of organisation. Arguing that most current organisations
are orthodox, hierarchical, anti-democratic, oppressive, unfair,
and unjust, this book presents a viable alternative, a better type
of organisation - the democratic organisation. Diefenbach develops
and provides step by step a systematic, comprehensive, thorough,
and detailed general model of the democratic organisation. He
describes the democratic organisation's fundamental principles,
values, governance, management, structures, and processes, and the
ways it functions and operates both within the organisation and
towards others and the environment. Crucially, and most
importantly, the democratic organisation provides the institutions
and organisational context for individuals to maintain and pursue
their fundamental freedoms, inalienable rights, and dignity; to
manage organisations in democratic, participative, and cooperative
ways; and to conduct business in considerate, balanced, and
sustainable ways. This book will be of interest to researchers,
academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of management,
organisation studies, strategic management, business ethics,
entrepreneurship, and family business.
Thomas Diefenbach unterzieht das dominierende okonomisch-technische
Wissenschaftsprogramm der Betriebswirtschaftslehre einer
grundsatzlichen Kritik und weist nach, dass eine Konzeption der
Allgemeinen Betriebswirtschaftslehre auf einer
sozialwissenschaftlichen Basis sowohl moglich als auch notwendig
ist. Er legt dar, wie dabei die Wertfrage und das praktische
Gestaltungsinteresse aufzufassen sind, um die in der Praxis
auftauchende Werturteilsproblematik befriedigend losen zu konnen."
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Informatik -
Wirtschaftsinformatik, Note: 2,0, Universitat der Bundeswehr
Munchen, Neubiberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit
behandelt das Qualitatsmanagement fur Dienstleistungen. Obwohl
Qualitatsbewusstsein schon immer ein Teil von Zivilisation gewesen
ist und auch die jungste Geschichte des Qualitatsmanagements weit
in das Zeitalter der industriellen Revolution zuruckreicht (vgl.
Masing/Pfeifer/Schmitt 2007: S. 16), ist es aufgrund nachfolgend
aufgefuhrter Grunde sinnvoll zu untersuchen, ob die aktuellen
qualitatsbezogenen Uberlegungen und Systeme in Theorie und Praxis
den Besonderheiten des Dienstleistungsbereichs gerecht werden.
Dienstleistungen wurden lange Zeit in der volks- und
betriebswirtschaftlichen Theorie vernachlassigt. Dies ist auf die
lange Zeit vorherrschendeMeinung zuruckzufuhren, dass
ausschliesslich materielle Guter die Bedurfnisse der Subjekte in
einerMarktwirtschaft befriedigen konnen bzw. ausschliesslich bei
materiellen Endprodukten uberhaupt von produktiver Arbeit
gesprochen werden konne (vgl. Corsten 2007: S. 19). Der Fokus der
allgemeinen Betriebswirtschaftslehre wurde so auf Unternehmungen
der physischen Produktion gelegt und die Erforschung der analog
existierenden Dienstleistungsproduktion zeitweise und - angesichts
der auffalligen Heterogenitat dieses Wirtschaftssektors - spezi sch
versaumt, sodass bis heute nicht einmal einheitliche
Begriffsbestimmungen existieren (vgl. Maleri/Frietzsche 2008: S. 4
u. Haller 2001: S. 5). Der Dienstleistungssektor erlebt ausserdem
seit mehreren Jahrzehnten einen deutlichen Aufschwung in der
zunehmend globalisierten und okonomischen Welt (vgl. Haller 2001:
S. 1 u. Corsten 2007: S. 1ff.). Es wurde also nicht nur ein
Wirtschaftssektor in der Forschung weitgehend ausgeklammert,
welcher in der Regel den Hohepunkt seiner individuellen Betrachtung
in den Standardwerken wahrend der einleitenden Unterteilungen der
Wirtschaftszweige erfahrt (vgl. Wohe 20
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