This book provides a critical understanding of some basic aspects of knowledge-intensive work and organizations. The author adopts a social constructivist approach and explores the management and analytical challenges of knowledge-intensive forms.

Acknowledgements Introduction: prisons, playgrounds and parliaments Faces of power in organizations Faces of resistance at qork Struggle in organizations Dis-identification and resentment: the case of cynicism De-sexualizing work and the struggle for desire Displacement and struggle: space, life...

"A Critical, Multi-disciplinary Handbook The corporation has become an increasingly dominant force in contemporary society. However, comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the concept of the corporation is often restricted, or limited to one disciplinary approach. This handbook brings together the...

The corporation has become an increasingly dominant force in contemporary society. However, comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the concept of the corporation is often restricted, or limited to one disciplinary approach. This handbook brings together the cutting-edge scholarship, expertise and...

1. Leadership: the need for a reflexive approach -- 2. On reflection and reflexivity -- 3. Perspectives on leadership -- 4. Leadership beyond ideology, harmony and all-inclusiveness: the case for a more nuanced view -- 5. Leadership and organizational culture -- 6. Followership and its...

pt. 1. Perspectives on organizational and cultural change -- pt. 2. Change work in practice : a close-up study -- pt. 3. Crucial issues in cultural change work -- pt. 4. Getting into the substance of organizational change work.