Marx in Management and Organisation Studies - Rethinking Value, Labour and Class Struggles

This book introduces new approaches that deploy concepts from Marx's critique of political economy to renew the study of labour, value and social antagonisms in the broad area of management and organisation studies.

List of contents

1. Introduction: From Critical Management Studies to the Critique of Political Economy 2. Into the Hidden Abode: From the Labour Process to the Valorisation Process 3. Beyond the Hidden Abode: From Class Composition to the Crisis of Value 4. Behind the Hidden Abode: From Primitive Accumulation to the Metabolic Rift 5. Conclusion: From the Politics of Value to the Politics of Work

About the author

Frederick Harry Pitts is Senior Lecturer in Work, Employment, Organisation and Public Policy at University of Bristol, UK.

Summary

This book introduces new approaches that deploy concepts from Marx’s critique of political economy to renew the study of labour, value and social antagonisms in the broad area of management and organisation studies.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Harry Pitts
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032057262
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205726-2
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Routledge Focus on Business and Management
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Management & management techniques, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Management and management techniques, Marxism & Communism