Management knowledge : a critical view / Paul Griseri.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, 2002Description: iv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0333770935
- 658.4038 21 G.P.M
Contents:
Summary: This text presents a theoretically-based critique of management knowledge in an accessible form which is relevant to MBA students and practitioners alike. This book questions how far management research actually leads to genuine knowledge of organizations.
Introduction.- PART ONE: THE IDEA OF MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE.- What is Management?.- Knowledge and Utility.- Distortion and Bias.- Cultural Relativity in Management Research.- PART TWO: FOUR CHARACTERISTIC RESEARCH PARADIGMS.- The Positive and the Real.- Management Theory as Meaning.- Deconstructing Management.- Research as Practice.- PART THREE: THE COMPONENTS OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.- Methodology as Mechanism.- Knowledge and Action in Management Research.- Evidence, Research and Learning.- Management and Knowledge.- Bibliography.
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Main library B6 | Commerce and business administration ( Management Information Systems ) | 658.4038 G.P.M (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00000933 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-278) and indexes.
Introduction.- PART ONE: THE IDEA OF MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE.- What is Management?.- Knowledge and Utility.- Distortion and Bias.- Cultural Relativity in Management Research.- PART TWO: FOUR CHARACTERISTIC RESEARCH PARADIGMS.- The Positive and the Real.- Management Theory as Meaning.- Deconstructing Management.- Research as Practice.- PART THREE: THE COMPONENTS OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.- Methodology as Mechanism.- Knowledge and Action in Management Research.- Evidence, Research and Learning.- Management and Knowledge.- Bibliography.
This text presents a theoretically-based critique of management knowledge in an accessible form which is relevant to MBA students and practitioners alike. This book questions how far management research actually leads to genuine knowledge of organizations.
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