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" Controversies in management : "
Alan Berkeley Thomas.
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BL
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984901
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b739271
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| Main Entry
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Thomas, Alan, (Alan Berkeley)
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Controversies in management : : issues, debates, answers /\ Alan Berkeley Thomas.
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2nd ed.
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London :: Routledge,, 2003.
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ix, 260 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0415269008
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: 0415269016
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: 9780415269001
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: 9780415269018
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 1993.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Controversies in management -- What is management? A term in search of a meaning -- What is management? Exploitation, politics and magic -- The social sciences: Can they help managers? -- Principles of management: Valid or vacuous? -- Getting ahead in management: Meritocracy or myth? -- Gender in management: Must men manage? -- Organizational leadership: Does it make a difference? -- Managing all over the world: One way or many? -- The future of management: Business as unusual?
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| Abstract
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Modern managers cope not only with a complex and ever changing world, but also with diverse ways of understanding and managing it. This second edition sets out to explore some of these puzzles and provides a guide to the different key theories and approaches to management that have developed over the years.
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Management.
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Management.
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Management.
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Internationalisatie.
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Management.
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| Dewey Classification
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658
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HD31.T4877 2003
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85.05bcl
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QP 300rvk
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