A New History of Management

Stephen Cummings · Todd Bridgman · John Hassard · Michael Rowlinson

Dec 2019 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

About this audiobook

Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of "good management" derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of "good management" focused on ethical aims, sustainability, and alternative views of good practice. From this new historical perspective, existing assumptions can be countered and simplistic views disputed, offering a platform from which graduate students, researchers, and reflective practitioners can develop alternative approaches for managing and organizing in the twenty-first century.

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About the author

Stephen Cummings is professor of management at Victoria University of Wellington. His publications include Recreating Strategy, Images of Strategy, Creative Strategy, Handbook of Management and Creativity, and Strategy Builder, as well as articles in several management journals.

Todd Bridgman is senior lecturer in management at Victoria University of Wellington, having previously held research fellowships at Judge Business School and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. He coedited The Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies and is currently coeditor-in-chief of Management Learning.

John Hassard is professor of organizational analysis at the University of Manchester. He has written several books, including Sociology and Organization Theory and Managing in the Modern Corporation, as well as journal articles for leading business research journals.

Michael Rowlinson is professor of management and organizational history at the University of Exeter. He cofounded the journal Management & Organizational History in 2006 and was an editor until 2013. He is currently an associate editor of Organization Studies.

Timothy Andres Pabon is an actor and Spanish and English voice-over artist/audiobook narrator from Washington DC. He has recorded over 140 books, one of which was nominated for a 2015 Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Award and another which received an AudioFile Earphones Award as part of an ensemble cast in 2014.