About the contributors -- Introduction -- Governmentality : the career of a concept / Alan McKinlay and Eric Pezet -- Locating governmentality -- Getting to the surface of things : foucault as theorist and historian of management and accounting / Keith Hoskin -- A dialogue with Foucault on power...

Part I. The meaning of work: Adam's curse -- Why we work -- The problem with perfection -- Part II. The purposeful human organization: The tyranny of shareholder value -- The business of building cathedrals -- Putting a noble purpose to work -- How to turn around a business without everyone...