The thesis begins by discussing the Modern Paradigm, which, it is argued, forms the underpinning to much contemporary management thinking. This in turn is seen as having its own foundation, the Cartesian-Newtonian Synthesis. It is argued that this does not form an adequate basis…
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Labour relations in the West German and British chemical industries are investigated by means of a comparative empirical research design incorporating surveys of primary and secondary sources, unstructured focused interviews and a questionnaire survey. It was hypothesised that t…
Management education and development are recognised as highly problematic in advanced industrial societies that have a relatively long tradition of management theory and practice. Problems of developing managerial competence become all the more acute in non-Western societies tha…
The present thesis proposes that conflict and confrontation can, under certain conditions, leadto judgementally rational systemic action in cases where the assumptions of the traditionalrational-choice approach are not satisfied.For this purpose, the concept of rationality in ec…
This thesis analyses strategic change management in English localgovernment and suggests the most appropriate leadership and managementapproaches for achieving successful organisational change.Using a model of organic evolution, the research identifies and analysesthree distinct…