Against Management

Organization in the Age of Managerialism

Martin Parker (University of Leicester)

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English

Polity Press
06 September 2002

Ethical issues & debates; Business ethics; Management & management techniques

Against Management argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality. He also suggests that, in a variety of places, an odd collection of people seem to be coming to similar conclusions.

It is possible to identify cracks in the religion of managerialism as some of its converts begin to lapse and others intensify their protest. In order to illustrate his argument, Parker draws from a wide variety of sources – anti-corporate activism; books and films which use management as their backdrop; the movement for business ethics and corporate social responsibility; as well as critical management studies and general social theories of the present.

Parker's overall argument is that we can see the beginnings of a cultural shift in the image of management and that this is a significant historical change. Perhaps most importantly, it opens up the possibility of exploring non-managerial alternatives to contemporary assumptions about organizing. Against Management deliberately attempts to blur the boundaries between academic and popular writing, and encourages some radical questioning of the common sense that tells us that we need management, managers and management schools.

This will be essential reading for second-year undergraduates and above in business and management studies (including MBA), sociology and cultural studies.

By: Martin Parker (University of Leicester)
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9780745629261
ISBN 10: 0745629261
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 06 September 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Parker is a Reader in Social and Organizational Theory, University of Keele.

Reviews for Against Management: Organization in the Age of Managerialism

At last the omnipotent Manager faces a serious and worthy opponent in Parker's Against Management. This is a sophisticated polemic that ought to be compulsory reading for all managers, management students and citizens. Keith Grint, Templeton College, Oxford I really enjoyed reading this book. It is original; it is provocative; it is scholarly in a positive way. It is extraordinarily well written ? lucid as well as witty. Christopher Grey, The Judge Institute of Management, Cambridge Parker's capacity to combine solid scholarship with the publicist's flair is invaluable in a field often trapped in hyper-intellectualism. Organization