Organizing Power

Understanding the nature and dynamics of power is crucial for future managers. This innovative text not only examines how power operates in organizations, but also shows how power fundamentally is the process of organizing. The book is supported by online materials, including case studies for each chapter and links to additional readings and resources. It will be essential reading for advanced undergraduate students looking at power and organizations on dedicated modules, and will be valuable reading for those on broader HRM and organizational studies programmes.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Power in Management and Organization 3. Perspectives on Power as Organization 4. Histories of Power as Organization 5. Provincializing Europe 6.Power as the Organization and Management of the Subject 7. Power as the Organization and Management of Identity 8. Power as the Organization and Management of History 9. Power as the Organization and Management of Resistance 10. Power Beyond Organization and Management 11. Conclusion

About the author

Pasi Ahonen is Lecturer in Management at the University of Essex, UK.
Peter Bloom is Lecturer in the Department of People and Organizations at the Open University, UK.

Summary

Understanding the nature and dynamics of power is crucial for future managers. This innovative text not only examines how power operates in organizations, but also shows how power fundamentally is the process of organizing. The book is supported by online materials, including case studies for each chapter and links to additional readings and resources. It will be essential reading for advanced undergraduate students looking at power and organizations on dedicated modules, and will be valuable reading for those on broader HRM and organizational studies programmes.

Product details

• Authors: Ahonen, Pasi Ahonen, Pasi (University of Essex Ahonen, Pasi (University of Essex UK) Ahonen, Pasi Bloom Ahonen, Ahonen Pasi, Peter Bloom, Peter (The Open University Bloom, Bloom Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138919273
• ISBN: 978-1-138-91927-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Business & Economics / General, Anthropology, Organizational theory & behaviour, Social issues & processes, Occupational & industrial psychology, Personnel & human resources management, Sociology: work & labour, Personnel and human resources management, Organizational theory and behaviour, Sociology: work and labour