"Employment: A Key Idea for Business and Society introduces a topic that many of us take for granted yet is central to how we understand business and management. Most people work for the majority of their lives and in recent years, employment has become a topic of popular debate, particularly...

"The heightening impact of ecological and societal crises makes sustainability an increasingly urgent imperative, requiring a fundamental shift in how we understand and practice management and business. In this book, the authors set out the key characteristics of sustainability such as its...

Introduction: the predictable-unpredictability of the world -- Complex models: radical challenge to management orthodoxy -- Complex action: the uncertain outcomes of individuals negotiating in groups -- The complex self: the 'I', 'me' and 'we' -- Complex communication: persuading and being...

Surveillance at Work -- We've Always Been Working Away at Surveillance -- The Prison and the Factory -- Someone to Watch Over Me -- The Surveillant Assemblage at Work -- The Gaze at Work -- Heterotopias of Surveillance at Work -- Modern Surveillance is Rubbish.

Introduction: the context to the analysis of professions -- The history of professions and professionalisation -- Competing theories of professions -- Attacks on professions: professional deconstruction? -- Business and management issues and the professions -- Conclusion: the future of professions.