Management and military studies : classical and current foundations /: classical and current foundations. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joseph Soeters.
• Authors: Soeters, J
• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Frederick Taylor: standardized work division, calculation and efficiency, criticism and new developments 3. Mary Parker Follett: dynamic administration, from the growing of power to constructive conflict 4. Chester Barnard: the human side of the (military) enterprise and leadership 5. James March: decision making in organizations and the military, the ‘upper echelon’ approach 6. Chris Argyris: organizational learning in the military 7. Henry Mintzberg: managing in exceptional and military circumstances, strategy development, organization’s structures and closing gaps 8. Oliver Williamson: externalizing activities through transaction costs economics, new public management, organizational hybridities 9. Michael Porter: value creation in business and the military, strategic focus, absorptive capacity 10. Kenneth Merchant: management control, hard and soft controls, financial policies, quality management 11. Jeffrey Pfeffer: external control, unleashing the work force, the knowing-doing gap, effects- and evidence-based management 12. Karl Weick: sense-making in organizations, making sense of safety and incidents, making sense in military operations 13. Steven Barley: the acceptance of technology, virtual work in the military, drones, cyber and big data 14. Geert Hofstede: international management, international military cooperation 15. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: diversity, organizational change and innovation in (military) organizations 16. Keith Provan: forms of network governance and network performance 17. Nils Brunsson: limits to organizational rationality, organizational hypocrisy, standardization 18. Barbara Czarniawska: narratives in management, security and the military 19. Martha Finnemore: international governmental organizations in the world of security and the military 20. Conclusions: general developments, military effectiveness, changes, restraint and understanding
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 355.6; Military administration; Armed Forces -- Organization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429534195; 9780429520723; 9780429548895; 9780429243967
• Related ISBNs: 9780367198947; 9780367198978
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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