Management tools

Management tools: a social sciences perspective

by Chiapello, Ève

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A comprehensive study of research into management tools and the far-reaching influence they have in organizations and society.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Management tools : a social sciences perspective / Ève Chiapello, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Patrick Gilbert, IAE Paris ; in collaboration with [three others].

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A comprehensive study of research into management tools and the far-reaching influence they have in organizations and society.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2019

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781108613682, 1108613683, 9781108553858, 1108553850
  • oclc:on1111380866
  • LC Classification:HD30.19
  • Dewey Decimal:302.4

Table of Contents

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; How to Use This Book; Introduction: Organisations as Worlds of Management Tools; Part I Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation; 1 Theoretical Foundations: From the Study of Technique to the Analysis of Management Tools; Spontaneous Discourse about Technique; Denial of Technique, or the Insignificance of the Object; Technophile Euphoria; Technophobic Reaction, or Technique as a Snare; False Debates and Real Impasses; The Contributions of Anthropology

Considering Technique: The Technological ProjectConcerning the Study of Technique and Its Tools; Some Lessons for the Study of Management Tools; Management as an Intangible Technique; Management: A Technique Unlike Others; The Specificity of Intangible Techniques; What Is a Management Tool?; A Common-Sense Notion; Describing a Management Tool; Conclusion; 2 Traditional Approaches: Management Tools in the History of Organisation Theory; Rationalist Theories or Technique as a Solution; Management Tools from a Scientific Management Perspective; Management Tools and the Rational Systems School

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