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Foucault, Governmentality, and Organization

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Foucault, Governmentality, and Organization

By Alan McKinlay, Philip Taylor

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This book traces how abstract managerial ideas about maximizing production flexibility and employee freedom were translated into concrete, day-to-day practices at the Motorola plant in East Kilbride, UK. Using eyewitness accounts, the book describes how employees dealt with the increased freedom Motorola promoted amongst its employees, how employees adapted to managerial changes, specifically the elimination of large-scale management, and where the `managerless' system came under strain. This bo...Show more

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9781138617117

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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Foucault, Governmentality, and Organization

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Paperback

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