Fictions of Management - Efficiency and Control in American Literature and Culture

From the organization of private businesses and public services to the optimization of everyday life, management is a ubiquitous term today. Denoting efficiency and control, management has become a catchall term for successful living in neoliberal times. The term is so ubiquitous that it often avoids scrutiny outside of business schools and organizational theory.As the essays collected in 'Fictions of Management' show, however, management has a history closely bound up with cultural practices. While the meaning of management has been critically negotiated in literature since the industrial revolution, management theory in turn draws on cultural resources for animating technical rationality with engaging stories and corporate visions. Tracing the relationship between management and fiction in the United States, where the mutual influence between the two has been the greatest and shaped management culture globally, the contributors to this volume provide a unique perspective on changing forms of management through the lens of American literature and culture.

Zusammenfassung

From the organization of private businesses and public services to the optimization of everyday life, management is a ubiquitous term today. Denoting efficiency and control, management has become a catchall term for successful living in neoliberal times. The term is so ubiquitous that it often avoids scrutiny outside of business schools and organizational theory.

As the essays collected in ‘Fictions of Management’ show, however, management has a history closely bound up with cultural practices. While the meaning of management has been critically negotiated in literature since the industrial revolution, management theory in turn draws on cultural resources for animating technical rationality with engaging stories and corporate visions. Tracing the relationship between management and fiction in the United States, where the mutual influence between the two has been the greatest and shaped management culture globally, the contributors to this volume provide a unique perspective on changing forms of management through the lens of American literature and culture.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Jame Dorson (Herausgeber), James Dorson (Herausgeber), Florian Gabriel (Herausgeber), J Verlinden (Herausgeber), J Verlinden (Herausgeber), Jasper J. Verlinden (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Universitätsverlag Winter
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 02.04.2019
• EAN: 9783825368340
• ISBN: 978-3-8253-6834-0
• Seiten: 301
• Abmessung: 142 mm x 217 mm x 22 mm
• Gewicht: 441 g
• Serien: American Studies / A Monograph Series; American Studies; American Studies - A Monograph Series; American Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Management, Ökonomie, Feminismus, Kontrolle, Englisch, Selbstmanagement, Keynes, John Maynard, Amerikanische Literatur, London, Jack, Pietismus, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein, Zeitmanagement, Effizienz, Gig Economy, Social Engineering, Amerikanische Kultur, Lerner, Ben, Wallace, David Foster, Norris, Frank, Perkins Gilman, Charlotte