Managing Modernity: Beyond Bureaucracy?

Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial societies, and a defining feature of modernity. At the same time, many commentators from all quarters argue that it is on the wane in this post-this or that world; or that if it isn't, it should be dismantled to free up organizations, enterprise, and innovation. But do we live in a more or less bureaucratic world? Do contemporary forms and means of communication undermine or modify bureaucracy, or does technology create new "iron cages" and forms of control? If bureaucratic models of organization are abandoned, do we run risks of organizational failure and inequity? Are there certain moral, professional, and social values associated with bureaucratic models? This book explores these issues in different organizational contexts--public administration, the National Health Service, the modern firm and corporation--and offers new insights into enduring questions. It will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and students in organization studies, management, public administration, and sociology. The volume will also appeal to managers, planners, and policy makers who deal with these challenges.

Business & Money

Höpfl, Harro

Harris, Martin

Clegg, Stewart R.

Management & Leadership

Oxford University Press

Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial societies, and a defining feature of modernity. At the same time, many commentators from all quarters argue that it is on the wane in this post-this or that world; or that if it isn't, it should be dismantled to free up organizations, enterprise, and innovation. But do we live in a more or less bureaucratic world? Do contemporary forms and means of communication undermine or modify bureaucracy, or does technology create new 'iron cages' and forms of control? If bureaucratic models of organization are abandoned, do we run risks of organizational failure and inequity? Are there certain moral, professional, and social values associated with bureaucratic models? This book explores these issues in different organizational contexts - public administration, the National Health Service, the modern firm and corporation - and offers new insights into enduring questions. It will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, and students in organization studies, management, public administration, and sociology. The volume will also appeal to managers, planners, and policy makers who deal with these challenges.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This text looks at the problems of managing innovation in organisations and points to new organisational research which has shed new light on business practice.

Innovation, Organizational Change and Technology (Management of Technology and Innovation Series)

McLoughlin, John

Cengage Learning Business Press

Examining how horror and science fiction films from the 1950s to the present invent and explore fictional "us-versus-them" scenarios, this book analyzes how such films employ allegory and/or satire to interrogate the causes and consequences of increasing polarization in American politics and society. Starting with the killer ants film with an anti-communist subtext Them! (1954) and concluding with Jordan Peele's social horror film with revenge-seeking homicidal doppelgängers Us (2019), Martin Harris highlights social and political contexts, contemporary reviews and responses, and retrospective evaluations to show how American horror and science fiction films reflect and respond to contemporary conflicts marking various periods in U.S. history from post-WWII to the present, including those concerning race, gender, class, faith, political ideology, national identity, and other elements of American society. Horror and Science Fiction Cinema and Society draws upon cinematic sociology to provide a resourceful approach to American horror and science fiction film that integrates discussion of plot construction and character development with analyses of the thematic uses of conflict, guiding readers' understanding of how filmmakers create otherworldly confrontations to deliver real-world social and political commentary.

Horror and Science Fiction Cinema and Society: American Culture and Politics in the Cold War and After Through the Projector Lens

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Routledge

Warning: You MUST read this book before you get your next prescripton. Prescription medicines often provide only half the answer – you must read this book to discover the missing piece of the puzzle. This book exposes the HIDDEN TRUTH (and provides you with practical solutions) about how the vicious cycle of only using prescription medicines may rob you of your energy and vitality and create even more illness, cheating you of your quality of life. If you, or any members of your family, take prescription medicines then you must read the information contained in this book. This information could change your life. - Are you worried that your prescription medicines are not treating the true causes of your ill health? - Are you worried that the side effects of your prescription medicines might be actually making you more sick? - Are you searching for alternative treatments but don’t know which ones are effective and safe, and whether or not they are compatible with your prescription medicines? This book reveals the secrets to good health that I have discovered from my research and from working with tens of thousands of patients over more than 20 years in my pharmacy and nutrition medicine clinic. To illustrate how you can achieve great health I have included in this book real life case studies of patients with a variety of health conditions that I have helped. This includes the story of my own personal health tragedy. Read this book … take control of your health!

Optimal Prescription Health: THE REAL TRUTH about balancing your prescription with complementary medicines

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Alternative Medicine

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film. Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and dark humour.

Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre As Political Satire

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Headpress

Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker's growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions.First came the hands, then came the stories -- some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America's Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker's progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including:Poker on the MississippiPoker in the MoviesPoker in the Old WestPoker on the NewsstandPoker in the Civil WarPoker in LiteraturePoker on the BookshelfPoker in MusicPoker in the White HousePoker on TelevisionPoker During WartimePoker on the ComputerFrom Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game's portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker's relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.

Poker and Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America's Favorite Card Game

Puzzles & Games

D&B Publishing

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