Tony Huzzard - Böcker

Corporate Governance, Employee Voice, and Work Organization explores the dynamic relations between corporate governance, employee voice, and the organization of work in the automotive supply industry. It reports on research undertaken in three countries--Germany, Sweden, and the United States--that has sought to explore and compare historical patterns of the relationships between changing governance regimes, voice, and work at plant level in an era of financialization. It also explores the prospects for high-road, sustainable jobs in the sector. Three detailed case histories from each of the countries are presented which contrast companies facing three different levels of exposure to capital markets: companies relatively sheltered from stock markets; companies that are highly exposed to them; and thirdly companies owned by private equity firms. This design allows for analysis not just across different national contexts but also within them, and questions the usefulness of the 'varieties of capitalism' appraoch in understanding these differences. The cases show that governance compromises matter, that is, that recognising the role of employee voice in corporate governance regimes is essential in any comparative analysis and understanding of corporate governance.

With business schools becoming increasingly market-driven, questionable trends have emerged, such as the conflation of academic and corporate management, and the notion that academics and students are market players, who respond rationally to market signals. Using individual studies from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines and countries, this book identifies the global pressures behind these trends. It focuses on the debates surrounded the commercialization of business schools, and the rise of different methods of measuring their success. In their unique approach, the authors and editors discuss the impact of the confrontation between the timeless values embodied by Minerva, the Roman goddess of Wisdom, and the hard realities of competition and corporatization in modern society. This book will be compelling reading for students and academics in critical management studies, organizational studies, public management and higher education, as well as for stakeholders in academia and educational policy.

With business schools becoming increasingly market-driven, questionable trends have emerged, such as the conflation of academic and corporate management, and the notion that academics and students are market players, who respond rationally to market signals. Using individual studies from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines and countries, this book identifies the global pressures behind these trends. It focuses on the debates surrounded the commercialization of business schools, and the rise of different methods of measuring their success. In their unique approach, the authors and editors discuss the impact of the confrontation between the timeless values embodied by Minerva, the Roman goddess of Wisdom, and the hard realities of competition and corporatization in modern society. This book will be compelling reading for students and academics in critical management studies, organizational studies, public management and higher education, as well as for stakeholders in academia and educational policy.

This is an invaluable collection of reflections and experiences from world-class researchers undertaking Critical Management Studies (CMS).

The editors and contributors reflect on ethics and reflexivity in critical management research, and explore the identity of the critical researcher both as an individual and working within collaborative projects. Using contemporary accounts from those engaged in real world fieldwork they outline what critical management is, and explore its relationship to management research.

The book discusses the implications of critical management when:

Developing research questions Managing research relationshipsUsing various methods of data collection Writing accounts of your research, findings and analysis.

Grounded in practical problems and processes this title sets out and then answers the challenges faced by critical researchers doing research in organization and management studies.

This is an invaluable collection of reflections and experiences from world-class researchers undertaking Critical Management Studies (CMS).

The editors and contributors reflect on ethics and reflexivity in critical management research, and explore the identity of the critical researcher both as an individual and working within collaborative projects. Using contemporary accounts from those engaged in real world fieldwork they outline what critical management is, and explore its relationship to management research.

The book discusses the implications of critical management when:

Developing research questions Managing research relationshipsUsing various methods of data collection Writing accounts of your research, findings and analysis.

Grounded in practical problems and processes this title sets out and then answers the challenges faced by critical researchers doing research in organization and management studies.

Vi lever i ett samhälle som är besatt av ledarskap och vi tror att i stort sett alla sociala eller ekonomiska problem går att åtgärda eller lösa genom bättre ledarskap. Detta engagemang i ledarskap åtföljs ibland av hjältedyrkan, önsketänkande och missriktade förhoppningar.För att mer allsidigt förstå ledarskap och stimulera en mer realistisk praktik diskuterar författarna sex metaforer för ledare: trädgårdsmästaren, kompisen, helgonet, cyborgen, befälhavaren och översittaren. Metaforerna har sin grund i en rad djupstudier av chefer som försöker utöva ledarskap, och erbjuder oväntade insikter i hur ledarskap fungerar och inte fungerar. Boken belyser mångskiftande – ofta motsägelsefulla och ibland mörkare – sidor av ledarskap.Genom att kritiskt reflektera över dagens managementmättade ledarskapslitteratur presenterar Ledarskapsmetaforer ett upplysande och uppfriskande sätt att förstå ett viktigt ämne. Boken riktar sig lika mycket till studenter och forskare som till den tänkande chefen.

Ledning och styrning av moderna organisationer blir allt svårare eftersom det sedan många år tillbaka inte är tillräckligt att bara producera resultat i form av produkter och tjänster. Organisationer måste i ökande utsträckning leva upp till de tuffa krav som ställs på etik, jämställdhet, miljö och mångfald samt följa ständigt föränderliga moden och trender. Den komplexitet som präglar moderna organisationer kräver att vi överger tron på överdrivet enkla framgångsrecept och i stället utvecklar självständigt och kritiskt tänkande.Organisationer, ledning och processer vill bidra till eftertanke och inspirera till kritisk reflektion. Varje kapitel behandlar ett specifikt organisationstema och sammantaget bildar dessa en bred och kvalificerad genomgång av modern organisationsteori och praktik. Bland temana finner vi: strategi, bolagsstyrning, nätverk, kontroll/styrning, genus, ledarskap, lärande, motivation, organisationskultur och organisationsförändring. I fyra separata kapitel behandlas även chefers och personalchefers arbete samt kunskaps- och marknadsföringsarbete. I denna tredje upplaga är alla kapitel kraftfullt uppdaterade utifrån aktuell forskning och organisationspraktik. Utöver det har det tillkommit flera aktuella exempel både från näringsliv och från offentlig sektor.Boken vänder sig till studerande på universitet och högskola inom samhällsvetenskapliga ämnen, men också till praktiskt verksamma inom organisationer.