NIELS ÅKERSTRØM ANDERSEN is Professor and Research Manager at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He works with systems theory, deconstruction, conceptual history and discourse analysis empirical embedded in welfare management. He has published 11 books and 40 articles.

• Introduction Second-order Observation The Semantic History of Management Games The Organization at Play Playing with Political Boundaries The Coupling Between Play, Power and Pedagogy Power at Play

NIELS ÅKERSTRØM ANDERSEN is Professor and Research Manager at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He works with systems theory, deconstruction, conceptual history and discourse analysis empirical embedded in welfare management. He has published 11 books and 40 articles.

• Introduction Second-order Observation The Semantic History of Management Games The Organization at Play Playing with Political Boundaries The Coupling Between Play, Power and Pedagogy Power at Play

NIELS ÅKERSTRØM ANDERSEN is Professor and Research Manager at Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He works with systems theory, deconstruction, conceptual history and discourse analysis empirical embedded in welfare management. He has published 11 books and 40 articles.

• Introduction Second-order Observation The Semantic History of Management Games The Organization at Play Playing with Political Boundaries The Coupling Between Play, Power and Pedagogy Power at Play