Power and organizations /

Power and organizations /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Clegg, Stewart, author.
Imprint:	London : SAGE, 2006. ©2006
Description:	1 online resource (x, 457 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Foundations for organizational science Foundations for organizational science.
Subject:	Power (Social sciences) Control (Psychology) Organizational sociology. Organizational behavior. Control (Psychology) Organizational behavior. Organizational sociology. Power (Social sciences) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184772

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Other authors / contributors:	Courpasson, David, author. Phillips, Nelson, author.
ISBN:	9780761943914 0761943919 9780761943921 0761943927 9781847877499 1847877494 9781446215715 1446215717 9781446234495 1446234495 0761943919 0761943927 9786611239954 6611239952
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book tirelessly illuminates the nooks and crannies of the power literature, where the lead author is frequently identified as an earlier visitor, taking readers on an audacious tour of power's multiple conceptualizations and expressions"--Hugh Willmott, Diageo Professor of Management Studies, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. In this tour de force, Stewart Clegg, David Courpasson and Nelson Phillips provide a comprehensive account of power and organizations, unlocking power as the central relation of modern organizations and society. The authors present an excellent synthe.
Other form:	Print version: Clegg, Stewart. Power and organizations. London : SAGE, 2006 0761943919
Standard no.:	9780761943914 9780761943921

Table of Contents:

Fixing the Institutionalization of Theory and Practice
Power and Efficiency
Body, Soul, and Mind
The Curious Case of Max Weber
The Rational System and Its Irrational Other
The Heart of Darkness
Power to and Power over
The Foucault Effect
Critical Theories
Discursive Theories
Power and Organizational Forms
Corporate Power Elites
The Futures of Power?