Contesting the Corporation - Struggle, Power and Resistance in Organizations

Klappentext An analysis of the different ways in which power operates within modern corporations. Zusammenfassung In an age when large corporations dominate the economic and political landscape! it is tempting to think that their power goes largely unchecked. Contesting the Corporation counters this view by showing that today's corporations are driven by political struggle! power plays and attempts to resist control. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction: prisons, playgrounds and parliaments; 1. Faces of power in organizations; 2. Faces of resistance at work; 3. Struggle in organizations; 4. Dis-identification and resentment: the case of cynicism; 5. De-sexualizing work and the struggle for desire; 6. Displacement and struggle: space, life and labour; 7. Discursive struggle: the case of globalization in the public sector; 8. Struggles for justice: wharfies, queers and capitalists; 9. Struggles for common ground in organizations; Conclusion; Notes; References.

Product details

• Authors: Spicer Andre, Peter Fleming, Peter Spicer Fleming, Fleming Peter, Andre Spicer, André Spicer, Andre Fleming Spicer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521169530
• ISBN: 978-0-521-16953-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, Office & workplace, Sociology: work & labour, Office and workplace, Organizational theory and behaviour