The work of managers : towards a practice theory of management / edited by Stefan Tengblad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tengblad, Stefan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Managers are significant actors in contemporary organizations and yet there is very little deep-level analysis of what managers do, and how they understand their managerial selves and social situations. Instead of evaluating management techniques according to their internal logic and systematic qualities, this book advances the 'practice perspective', using behaviour and activities of successful, experienced, and skilled managers as the primary data for theorizing good management.In this book, academics review classic literature on managerial work, discuss methodological and theoretical approa

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on the Contributors; Part I: Framework; 1. Overcoming the rationalistic fallacy in management research; 2. Management in practice: Overview of classic studies on managerial work; Part II: A practice perspective on leadership and managerial work; 3. Managerial leadership as event-driven improvisation; 4. Managerial leadership: Identities, processes, and interactions; 5. Multi-framing as a tool in top management teams; Part III: Operational managerial work; 6. Work activities and stress among managers in health care

7. Leadership as muddling through: Site managers in the construction industry8. R&D managers leading knowledge workers with care; Part IV: Administrative managerial work; 9. Managers at the municipal top; 10. The Swedish Municipality Director: A managerial function between politics and administration; 11. Leaders of modern universities: Primi inter pares or chief executive officers?; 12. Managerial work at the top: Tracing changes in work practices and efforts towards theory development; Part V: Managerial work in small businesses

13. Managerial behaviour in small firms: Does it matter what managers do?14. The duality of strategic managerial work in SMEs: A structuration perspective; 15. Managerial practices in family-owned firms: Strategizing actors, their arenas, and their emotions; Part VI: The way forward; 16. Refining shadowing methods for studying managerial work; 17. Bridging the management theory and practice gap; 18. Conclusions and the way forward: Towards a practice theory of management; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-967739-5

9786613426833

1-283-42683-8

0-19-162810-7

OCLC:

772845037