{"product_id":"the-politics-of-management-knowledge","title":"The Politics of Management Knowledge","description":"The notion that management knowledge is universal, culture-neutral, readily transferable to any country or situation, has come under mounting challenge. \u003cb\u003eThe Politics of Management Knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e goes beyond such `broad-brush' assertions to explore in detail the relations between management knowledge, power and practice in a world where globalization highlights, rather than obscures, the locally specific character of many management recipes.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book recognizes the political nature of management knowledge as a discourse produced from, and reproducing, power processes within and between organizations. This theme underpins discussion of the ways in which management ideas and practices `produce' managers of a particular kind - person of enterprise, bureaucrat, heroic leader and so on. Critical examinations of certain current management theories - lean production, excellence, entrepreneurship - illuminate the myriad modes in which relations of power intermingle with relations of knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEminent authors from a variety of countries address the social and political processes involved in cross-cultural transference of management ideas across the world. They also look to the future, stressing the need for a substantial new understanding that is less attuned to the corporate worlds of today and more appropriate for the increasingly diverse organizations likely to emerge in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57481654108533,"sku":"9780803979338","price":201.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780803979338.jpg?v=1786089938","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/the-politics-of-management-knowledge","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}