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This course forges links between a number of disciplines eg., psychology, sociology, industrial relations, marketing and production but in a way that promotes a new way of thinking about our experience of work, industry and society. It is intended that the design of the course will encourage involvement: the issues it raises relate to your experiences as well as potential exam topics. The following hyperlinks connect to sections within this document : Click here to return to top of page The course text is : D. Knights and H. Willmott (1999), Management Lives : Power and Identity in Work Organizations, London : Sage (available in softback). You are strongly recommended to acquire a copy of this book. Like the course, this book draws heavily upon four novels to illustrate
the core concepts and key themes. You are therefore encouraged to read at least two of the
novels : David Lodge, Nice Work; Kazuo Ishiguru, The Remains of the Day; Tom
Woolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities; Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of
Being. The first of these books was dramatised on BBC1 and the other three have been
turned into feature films. The docudrama groupwork
undertaken in the second part of Semester 1 is based upon The Bonfire of the Vanities. Click here to return to top of page The course has three sections :
In broad outline, the order of topics for Semesters 1 and 2 is listed in the following table. Click hyperlinks for readings relating to each topic. Clicking on the hyperlinks in this box will take you directly to the relevant section of the reading list.
Click here to return to top of page It is not necessary to read every recommended reading on this reading list! Nor should you treat these references as exhaustive of the issues involved. The questions are not directly answered by the readings; they are provided merely to give you a focus for study. You are expected to connect your own experience to what your read, and also to convert what you read into what is useful in discussing issues in lectures and seminars. This way, there is more scope for an active relationship between thinking and reading. Thinking and discussing with fellow course members, in addition to reading, is likely to make seminar participation and essay writing a much easier task than conventionally appears to be the case. You are likely to develop better understanding of the course themes most effectively if you avoid treating each topic as a discrete and independent entity. We strongly advise you to focus attention upon the connectedness of the topics and the core concepts as the course progresses. Click here to return to top of page In addition to the course text, the following books are of general relevance to the central concepts and themes of the course : P.Berger and T. Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality P. Willis, Learning to Labour M. Burawoy, Manufacturing Consent A. Watts, Psychotherapy East and West P. Thompson, The Nature of Work E. Becker, The Birth and Death of Meaning I. Craib, Psychoanalysis and Social Theory Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance S. Cohen and L. Taylor, Escape Attempts E. Fromm, To Have or to Be? R. Sennett and J. Cobb, The Hidden Injuries of Class E. Fromm, The Fear of Freedom J. Henriques, Changing the Subject D. Collinson, Managing the Shopfloor Anyone interested in reading more widely would find some points of contact between the course and books written by Jane Austen, Saul Bellow, Carlos Castaneda, Joseph Heller. Herman Hesse. Franz Kafka, Doris Lessing, John Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Primo Levi Click here to return to top of page The following readings are grouped around the topic areas. These should be consulted when preparing for seminars, lectures and the examination
SECTION ONE: THE CORE CONCEPTS
Introduction : Knowledge and Learning What is knowledge and education all about? What is the difference between `having' and `being' and does it matter? D. Knights and H. Willmott, Management Lives, Ch 1 P. Friere, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Ch 2. E. Fromm, To Have or to Be?, Ch 2. I. Craib, Psychoanalysis and Social Theory, Chapter 1. E. Becker, The Social Role of the Man of Knowledge, Ch 23, in T. Shibutani (ed), Human Nature and Collective Behaviour. C. Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan, pp. 1-63. G. Claxton, Live and Learn, Chs 1 and 6. R. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. W. Hollway, Subjectivity and Method in Psychology. E. Bauman, Thinking Sociologically. T. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions A. Gitlin (ed) Power and Method: political activism and educational research (also Power ) 370.7/Git J. Law , ed. Power, Action and Belief, Sociological Review Monograph 32, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
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Which of the concepts is of greatest relevance for making sense of work and industry? Give your reasons. D. Knights and H. Willmott, Management Lives, Chs 1 and 2 P. Berger and T. Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality. P. Berger, Invitation to Sociology. R. Hines, `Financial Accounting: In Communicating Reality we Construct Reality', Accounting, Organisations and Society, Vol 13, Pt 3, N. Elias, `Sociology of Knowledge: New Perspectives', parts 1 and 2, Sociology, Vol 5, , pp.149-168 and 255-370. N. Edelman, Constructing the Political Spectacle. C. Calhoun, (ed) Social theory and the politics of identity 301.1/calC. Kitzinger, 'The rhetoric of the pseudo-science' in Deconstructing social psychology, Ian Parker and John Shotter (eds) I. Parker (ed) (1998) Social constructionism: Discourse and realism (also freedom and knowing) 301.1/parJ. Shotter (1993) Cultural politics of everyday life: socio-constructionism, rhetoric and knowing of the third kind 301/sho D. Kellner, (1994) Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault / Habermas debate (also core concepts, Knowing) 195/kel Lecture Handout on the WIS Course. An Overview. Lodged at Main Library at Issue Desk. Click here to return to top of page Is insecurity innate or learned? Is there any escape from `The Culture of Narcicism'? How are identities created and sustained? What do you identify with, and why? D. Knights and H. Willmott, Management Lives, Chs 2 and 3 P. Berger and T. Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality. E. Becker, The Birth and Death of Meaning, Chs 1-7. E. Becker, The Denial of Death, Ch 7. C. Lasch, The Culture of Narcicism, Ch 2. T. Luckman and P. Berger, `Social Mobility and Personal Identity', in Archives of the European Journal of Sociology, 1964:331. A. Watts, Psychotherapy East and West, Ch 1. I. Craib, Psychoanalysis and Social Theory, Chs 1, 10 and 11. N. Rose, Governing the Soul. R. Bologh, Love or Greatness, Ch 8. J. Shotter, Texts of Identity, Ch 1. R. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. H. Gamble `Counting on the Cards', Science as Culture, Vol 1, No 2. Sinclair, A. `Sex and the MBA', Organization, 2, 2 : 295-317 Beechley et al. (eds), (1985) Subjectivity and Social Relation 301.1/BEE Bayer and John Shotter (Eds) (1998) Reconstructing the Psychological Subject : bodies, practices and technologies 301.1 BAY Calhoun, C.(ed) (1994) Social theory and the politics of identity301.1/cal Du Gay, P.(1995) Consumption and identity at work (also consumption) 301.4/gay S. Hall, Representation: cultural representation and signifying practices( also media /gender) 301.2/Hal Lorraine, T. (1990) Gender, Identity and the production of meaning (also gender) 301.41 /lor Ian Parker (ed) (1998) Social constructionism: Discourse and realism (also freedom and knowing) 301.1/par Parker, M (2000) Organisation culture and identity (also management and organization theory and culture) 301.15/par J. Rutherford et al. (eds) Identity, community, culture and difference (also freedom, gender and power) 301.1/RUT Click here to return to top of page Core Concepts (2) : Power and Inequality
Does the attachment to a particular identity (e.g. gender, race or class) reflect or undermine social and economic inequalities? What could it mean to speak of the `power of the state'?
D.Knights and H.Willmott, Management Lives, Ch. 4 S. Lukes, Power - A Radical View, S. Lukes. ed., Power, Oxford: Blackwell. J. Law, ed. Power, Action and Belief, Sociological Review Monograph 32, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. G. Wickham , `Power and Power Analysis', Economy and Society, 12, 4: pp.468-98. D. Knights and H. Willmott, `Power and Subjectivity at Work', in Sociology, Vol 23, No 4, S. Clegg, Frameworks of Power, M. Weber, Selections in Translation, esp, pp.33-42. M. Foucault, Power/Knowledge, J. Habermas, Legitimation Crisis, N. Elias, The Civilizing Process, Vol II, A. Carter, The Political Theory of Anarchism, esp. pp.26-60. A. Gramsci, Selection from Prison Notebooks, esp. pp.206-275. E. Laclau, Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory,. E. Laclau and C. Mouffe, Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, M. Foucault, `Governmentality', Ideology and Consciousness, (I&C) 6, pp.5-21 and The Foucault Effect. P. Miller and N. Rose, `Governing Economic Life', Economy and Society, February C. Wright Mills, Power, Politics and People. M. Foucault, Discipline and Punish. B. Jessop, The Capitalist State R. Miliband, The State in Capitalist Society N. Poulantzas, `The Problem of the Capitalist State', New Left Review, 59, pp.67-78. R. Miliband, `The Capitalist State - Reply to Nicos Poulantzas', New Left Review, 59, , pp.53-61. N. Poulantzas, State, Power and Socialism C. Offe, Contradictions of the Welfare State B. Frankel, Beyond the State A. Giddens, The Class Structure of the Advanced Societies. J. Goldthorpe, Social Mobility and Social Structure in Modern Britain. J. Goldthorpe et al, `Class Mobility in Modern Britain', Sociology, Vol 20/1. pp.1-24. A. Gorz, Farewell to the Working Class. T. Bottomore, Classes in Modern Society. R. Blackburn, `The Unequal Society', in Blackburn and Cockburn, The Incompatible. Celia Heller, Structured Social Inequality. Michael Mann, Consciousness and Action Among the Western Working Class. Frank Parkin, Class, Inequality and Political Order. C. Wright Mills, White Collar, Section 2. Rosemary Pringle, Secretaries Talk, Ch 9. R. Crompton and S. Jones, White Collar Proletariat. J. Scott, Corporations, Classes and Capitalism. Paul Willis, Learning to Labour. W. Hollway, `Gender and the Production of Subjectivity', Ch 5, in Henriques et al, Changing the Subject. M. Banton, Racial Theories. A. Pollert, Girls, Wives, Factory Lives. M. Cole, `Race and Class or Race, Gender and Community? BJS, Vol 40/1 pp.118-129. F. Anthias, `Race and Class Revisited', The Sociological Review, Vol 38/1, pp.19-42. J. Webb and S. Liff, `Play the White Man: The Social Construction of Fairness in Equal Opportunity Policies', The Sociological Review, Vol 36/3, pp.532-551. J. Henriques et al, Changing the Subject, Ch 2. P. Braham, E. Rhodes and M. Pearn (eds), Discrimination and Disadvantage in Employment. J.A. Geschwender, Class, Race and Worker Insurgency. J. Walter, A Long Way From Home, Ch 7. J. West (ed) Work, Women and the Labour Market, Chs 5 and 6. S. Zubaida (ed), Race and Racialism. P. Trowler, Further Topics in Sociology, Ch 2. S. Westwood, All Day Everyday. H. Willmott, `Racism, Politics and Employment Relations', in G. Lee and R. Loveridge, eds, The Manufacture of Disadvantage, Milton Keynes: Open University Press. M. Barrett, Women's Oppression Today. C. Wright Mills, White Collar, Oxford University Press. N. Xenos, Scarcity and Modernity, Routledge (1997) The Managerial State: power, politics and ideology 361.60952/cla Crespi, F (1992) Social Action and power 301.11/cre Fraser, N. Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender (also Gender) 301.412/fra Gitlin, A. (ed) (1994) Power and Method: political activism and educational research (also Identity and Knowing) 370.7/Git Kellner, (1994) Critique and Power: Recasting the Foucault / Habermas debate (also core concepts, Knowing) 195/kel (1995) Telling sexual stories: power, change and social worlds (also gender and identity) 301.41/plu (1994) Power/ gender: social relations in theory and practice 301.412/rad [Reading Week] Click here to return to top of page SECTION TWO : MAKING EXPERIENTIAL SENSE OF THE CORE CONCEPTS F. Mueller, S. Proctor and David Buchanan, 'Teamworking in its Context(s) : Antecedents, Nature and Dimensions', Human Relations, 53, 11 : 1387-1423 J. Barker, The Discipline of Teamwork, Sage H. Willmott, `Strength is Ignorance; Slavery is Freedom : Managing Culture in Modern Organizations', Journal of Management Studies, 30, 4 : 515-552, 1993 H. Willmott and M. Ezzamel, `Accounting for Teamwork : A Critical Study of Group-Based Systems of Organizational Control’, Administrative Science Quarterly, 43, 2 :358-39,1998 Adler, P. and Cole, R.E. (1955) `Designed for Earning : A Tale of Two Autoplants' in A. Sandberg, ed., Enriching Production, Aldershot : AveburyBacon, N. and Storey, J. (1996), Individualism and Collectivism and the Changing Role of Trade Unions' in P. Ackers, C. Smith and P. Smith (eds), The New Workplace and Trade Unionism, London : Routledge, pp 41-76 Barker, J. (1993), `Tightening the Iron Cage : Concertive Control in Self-Managing Teams', Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 1 : 408-37 Benders, J. and Van Hootegem, G. (2000), `How the Japanese Got Teams' in S. Procter and F. Mueller, eds, Teamworking : Basingstoke : Macmillan Benders, J. and Van Hootegem, G. (1999), `The Volvo Uddvalla Plant : Why the Decision to Close it was Mistaken', Journal of Industry Studies, 36, 5 : 609-28 Buchanan, D. A. and Preston, D. (1992), `Life in the Cell : Supervision and Teamwork in a "Manufacturing Systems Engineering" Environment, Human Resource Management, 2, 4 : 55-76 Cutcher-Gershenfeld, J.. et al, (1994), `Japanese Team-based Work Systems in North America : Explaining the Diversity', California Management Review, 37, 1 : 42-64 De Matteo, J.S., Eby, L.T. and Sundstrom, E. (1998), `Team-Based Rewards : Current Empirical Evidence and Directions for Future Research', Research in Organizational Behaviour, 20 : 141-83 Dyerson, R. and Mueller, F. (1999), `Learning, Teamwork and Appropriability : Managing Technological Change in the Department of Social Security', Journal of Management Studies, 36, 5 : 629-52 Edwards, P. and Wright, M., (1998) `HRM and Commitment : A Case Study of Teamworking' in P. Sparrow and M. Marchington, eds, Human Resource Management : A New Agenda, London : Pitman Findlay, P., McKinlay, A., Marks, A. and Thompson, P. (2000), `In Search of Perfect People : Teamwork and Team Players in the Scottish Spirits Industry', Human Relations, 54, 12 Industrial Society (1995), Self-managed Teams, London : The Industrial Society Jenkins, A. (1994), `Teams : From "Ideology" to Analysis', Organization Studies, 15, 6 : 849-60 Klein, J. (1991), `A Re-examination of Autonomy in the Light of New Manufacturing Practices', Human Relations, 44 : 21-38 Knights, D. and McCabe, D. (2000), `Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered : The Meaning and Experience of Teamworking in and Automobile Company', Human Relations, 53, 11 : 483-504 McKinlay, A. and Taylor, P. (1996), `Power, Surveillance and Resistance : Inside the "Factory of the Future" in P. Ackers, C. Smith and P. Smith, eds, The New Workplace and Trade Unionism, London : Routledge Manz, C. (1992), `Self-leading Work Teams : Moving Beyond Self-Management Myths', Human Relations, 45, 11 : 1119-40 Manz, C. and Sims, H. (1997), `Leanding Workers to Lead Themselves : The External Leadership of Self-Managing Work Teams', Administrative Science Quarterly, 32, 1 : 106-28 Mueller, F. (1992), `Teams Between Hierarchy and Commitment : Change Strategies and the "Internal Environment"', Journal of Management Studies, 31, 3 : 383-404 Mueller, F. (2000), `The Evolution of Teamwork at Rover : Societal, Sectoral and Organizational Explanations' in M. Maurice and A. Sorge, eds, Societal Effects : Stock-Taking and Re-Visiting, Amsterdam : Benjamins, pp 209-224 Neck, C. and Manz, C.C. (1994), `From Groupthink to Teamthink : Toward the Creation of Constructive Thought Patterns in Self Managed Work Teams', Human Relations, 47, 8 |: 929-52 Procter, S. and F. Mueller, eds, Teamworking : Basingstoke : Macmillan Ramsay, H. (1992), `Swedish and Japanese Work Methods : Comparisons and Contrasts', European Participation Monitor, 3, 37-40 Sandberg, A, ed., Enriching Production, Aldershot : Avebury Sewell, G. (1998), `The Discipline of Teams : The Control of Team-Based Industrial Work Through Electronic and Peer Surveillance', Administrative Science Quarterly, 43 : 397-427 Sinclair, A. `The Tyranny of a Team Ideology', Organization Studies, 13, 4 : 611-26 Thompson, P. and Wallace, T. (1996), `Redesigning Production Through Teamworking : Case Studies from the Volvo Truck Corporation', International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 16, 2 : 103-18 Wright, M. and Edwards, P., `Does Teamworking Work, and If So Why? A Case Study of the Aluminium Industry, Economic and Industrial Democracy, 19, 1 : 59-90
Click here to return to top of page This experiential project is based upon extracts from Tom Woolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities. It brings together lectures, reading and discussion of the previous weeks. Students work in teams for 2-3 weeks to develop and stage a docudrama based upon an excerpt from Bonfire.
How and why do managers exercise power? What relevance do the concepts of identity and insecurity have for understanding processes of organizing and managing? T. Johnson, `Work and Power', in G. Esland and G. Salaman, eds; The Politics of Work and Occupations, Milton Keynes: Open University Press. D. Knights and J. Roberts,`The Power of Organisation or the
Organisation of Power', Organisation Studies, 3, 1:pp.47-63. S. Clegg, The Theory of Power and Organisation, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Chs 4 and 5. A. Fox, Beyond Contract; Work, Power and Trust Relations, London; Faber and Faber. D. Knights and H. Willmott, `Power and Subjectivity at Work', in Sociology, Vol 23, No 4, D.L. Collinson, Managing the Shopfloor. H. Willmott, `Images and Ideals of Managerial Work', Journal of Management Studies, 12, 3: 349-68. Alvin Gouldner, Wildcat Strike, Harper and Row. A.D. Chandler, Strategy and Structure, Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press. D. Knights and F. Murray, Managers Divided, London: Wiley J. Child, `Organisational Structure, Environment and Performance: The Role of Strategic Choice', Sociology, 6: pp.1-22. R. Hyman, `Strategy or Structure? Capital Labour and Control', Work, Employment and Society, 1, 1: 25-55. G. Johnson Strategic Change and the Management Process, Oxford: Blackwell. R. Whittington, Corporate Strategies in Recession and Recovery, London: Unwin Hyman, Ch 5. C. Casey, Work, Self and Society, London : Routledge, D. Knights and H. Willmott, The Reengineering Revolution: Critical Studies of Corporate Change, Sage S. Fineman, and Y. Gabriel, Experiencing Organizations, Sage A. Sandberg, ed., Enriching Production, Aldershot: Avebury. C. Heckscher, C. and A. Donnellon (eds), The Post-Bureaucratic Organization, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Click here to return to top of page
SECTION THREE : MAKING SENSE OF WORK ORGANISATION
How is egoism related to freedom? D. Knights and H. Willmott, Management Lives, Ch 3 P. Berger, Invitation to Sociology, Ch 4 & 5. N. Heather, Radical Perspectives in Psychology, Ch 3. B.F. Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity, Chs 2, 3, 6 or 9. B.F. Skinner, Science and Human Behaviour, Section I or II. I. Taylor, P. Walton and J. Young, The New Criminology, Ch 2. G. Burrell and G. Morgan, Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis, pp.102-04. R.D. Laing and A. Esterson, Sanity, Madness and the Family, Introduction, Ch 4. B. Schwartz, The Battle of Human Nature, Chs 1 and 2. A.M. Rose (editor), Human Behaviour and Social Process, Chs 1 & 9. E. Fromm, The Fear of Freedom, Chs 4 & 7. J.G. Manis and B.W. Meltzer, Symbolic Interaction G.H. Mead, Mind, Self and Society, Part I & II. W. I.Thomas, 'The definition of the situation' in Coser, L. A. and Rosenberg, B (editors) Sociological Theory, 3rd edition, New York: Macmillan. T. Wilson, `Normative and Interpretive Paradigms in Sociology', in J.D. Douglas (ed), Understanding Everyday Life. A. Zijderveld, The Abstract Society, Ch 5. R. Morgan, The Anatomy of Freedom, Ch 4. J. Shibutani (editor) Human Nature and Collective Behaviour, Chs 1, 14 and 20. D.L. Preston, The Social Organisation of Zen Practice, Chs V-VII, IX. I. Craib, Psychoanalysis and Social Theory, Ch 2. J. Henriques et al, Changing the Subject, Introductions to Sections 1, 2 & 3. V.J. Seidler, Rediscovering Masculinity, Ch 4. Click here to return to top of page
To what extent has the labour process theory adequately theorised power and identity? H. Braverman, Labour and Monopoly Capital. T. Johnson, `Work and Power', in G. Esland and G. Salaman, eds; The Politics of Work and Occupations, Milton Keynes: Open University Press. C. Littler and G. Salaman, `Bravermania and Beyond', Sociology, 1982, pp.251-269. T. Elger, `Valorization and Deskilling: A Critique of Braverman', Capital and Class, Vol 7, D. Knights and H. Willmott and D. Collinson, Job Redesign. R.Edwards, Contested Terrain, Chs 1, 6, 7 and 8. D. Knights and H. Willmott, Gender and the Labour Process. D. Knights and H. Willmott, `Power and Identity in Theory and Practice', Sociological Review, Vol 33, No 1, D. Knights and H. Willmott, eds., Labour Process Theory, 1989 esp. contributions by P. Thompson, D. Knights and H. Willmott. T. Elger and C. Smith (1994) Global Japanisation? The transnational transformation of the Labour Process 658.00952/elgParker, M (1999) 'Capitalism, Subjectivity and Ethics: Debating Labour Process Analysis' Organisation Studies 21/1: 25-45 Smith, Knights and Willmott (1991) White Collar Work; The Non Manual Labour Process A. Sturdy Skills and Consent: contemporary studies in the Labour Process 331/stu (1992) Click here to return to top of page The organization of work is the outcome of a struggle between resistance and control. Discuss. 'Conflict is endemic to the workplace'. Assess this statement, drawing
upon your own experience. M. Burawoy, Manufacturing Consent. A. Friedman, Industry and Labour. R. Edwards, Contested Terrain. P. Thompson, The Nature of Work, 2nd edition, if possible. S. Wood, ed., The Degradation of Work. A. Zimbalist, ed., Case Studies in the Labour Process. T. Nichols and H. Beynon, Living with Capitalism. A. Cressey and J. McInnes, `Industrial Democracy and the Control of Labour', Capital and Class No, 11, P. Willis, Learning to Labour, J. Webster, Office Automation, Simon Schuster D. Knights and D. Collinson, `Disciplining the Shopfloor: A Comparison of the Disciplinary Effects of Managerial Psychology and Financial Accounting', Accounting Organizations and Society, Vol 12, no 5. M. Rosen, `You Asked for it: Christmas at the Bosses Expense', Journal of Management Studies, Vol 25, No 5. J. Storey, Managerial Prerogative and the Question of Control, Chs 5 and 6. T. Nichols and H. Beynon, Living with Capitalism, Ch 7. A. Pollert, Girls Wives Factory Lives. M. Burawoy, Manufacturing Consent. D. Knights and H. Willmott, `Power and Subjectivity at Work: From Degradation to Subjugation in Social Relationships', Sociology, Vol 23, No 4, November. S. Westwood , All Day Every Day. G. Palm, The Flight From Work. T. Nichols and H. Beynon, Living with Capitalism, Ch 6. Barley , S.R. and Kunda, G. (1992) 'Design and Devotion: Surges of rational and Normative Ideologies of Control in Managerial Discourse' ASQ, 37: 363-399 Hodgson, D. (19xx) A Critical Analysis of the Disciplinary Effects of Project Management Jermier, Knights and Nord eds(1994) Resistance and Power in Organisation Willmott, H (1997) Rethinking Management and Managerial Work: Capitalism, control and subjects, Human Relations Special Issue on Control (1998) ASQ , 43, June Click here to return to top of page Culture and Symbolism in Organisational Work Can `culture' be managed? To what extent do you think there is cultural consensus in organisations?
L. Smircich, `Concepts of Culture and Organisational Analysis', Administrative Science Quarterly, 28: pp.339-358. A. Pettigrew, `On Studying Organisational Culture', Administrative Science Quarterly, 24:pp.570-581. Y. Allaire and M. Firsirotu, `Theories of Organisational Culture', Organisation Studies, 5: 193-226. T. Peters and R. Waterman, In Search of Excellence, New York: Harper and Row. T. Deal and A. Kennedy, Corporate Cultures, Harmondsworth: Penguin. H. Schwartz, `Anti-Social Actions of Committed Organisational Participants: An Existential Psychoanalytic Perspective': Organisation Studies, 8, 4, :pp.327-340. J.L. Soeters, `Excellent Companies as Social Movements', Journal of Management Studies, 23, 3: pp.299-312. J. Hearn et al, The Sexuality of Organisation, Introduction. C.A. Ray, `Corporate Culture: The Last Frontier of Control?', Journal of Management Studies, 23, 3. D. Knights and H. Willmott (1987), Organisational Culture as Corporate Strategy', International Studies of Management and Organisation, XVII, 3: pp.40-63. L. Pondy et al, (1983) Organisational Symbolism, Greenwick, JAI press. B. Turner, ed., Organisational Symbolism, Berlin: de Gruyter. I. Filby and H.C. Willmott, `Ideologies and Contradictions in a Public Relations Department: The Seduction and Importance of Living Myth', Organization Studies, 9, 3: pp.335-350. J. Pfeffer (1981), `Management as Symbolic Action', in Research in Organizational Behaviour, Vol 3, pp.1-52. D. Fowler and K. Legge (1985), `The Meaning of Management and the Management of Meaning', in M.J. Earl, ed; Perspectives on Management, Oxford University Press. D. Collinson, Managing the Shopfloor, Ch 5. H. Willmott, (1992), `Postmodernism and Excellence: The De-differentiation of Economy and Culture', Journal of Organizational Change Management, 5, 1:58-68. Casey, C. (1995) Work, Self and Society after Industrialism Czarniawska-Joerges, B (1992) Exploring Complex Organisations: a cultural Perspective. Gherardi, S (1995) Gender, Symbolism and Organisation. (1992) Reworking the World 301.15/mar Parker, M (2000) Organisational Culture and Identity Watson, T. (1994) In search of Management Click here to return to top of page Jobs are gendered. Discuss Feminity and Masculinity are socially constructed. Discuss Ruth Cavendish, Women on the Line. C. Cockburn, Brothers, Chs 5, 6, 7 and 8. Jeff Hearn, The Gender of Oppression; Men, Masculinity and the Critique of Marxism, Ch 8. Sue Askew and Carol Ross, Boys Don't Cry? Ch 1 and Introduction. Anne Game and Rosemary Pringle, (1984) Gender at Work, Ch 1. W. Chapkis and C. Enloe (1983), Of Common Cloth, Ch 2 and 7, Transnational Institute: Amsterdam. Annie Phizacklea, `Gender, Racism and Occupational Segregation' in Gender Segregation at Work,(ed) S. Walby Open University Press: Milton Keynes. D. Knights and H. Willmott, Gender and the Labour Process. Victor Seidler, Rediscovering Masculinity: Reason, Language and Sexuality, London, Chs 1 and 2. A. Tolson, The Limits of Masculinity, Ch 3. Arthur Brittan, Masculinity and Power, Ch 2 and 4. David Collinson, et al; Managing to Discriminate, Introduction and Conclusion. Rosemary Pringle, Secretaries Talk, Ch 4, Verso: London. D. Knights and D. Collinson, `Men Only' in D. Knights and H. Willmott, (ed.,) Gender and the Labour Process. P. Pearson , Twilight Robbery: Trade Unions and Low Paid Workers. R. Sennett and J. Cobb, The Hidden Injuries of Class, Chs 1, 4 and 5. Billig, Y. and Alvesson, M. (1994) Gender, managers and organisations.Benhabib,S. (1992) Situating the Self: Gender, community and postmodernism in contemporary ethics (also freedom) Butler, J (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Kunda,D (1992) Crafting the Self Lorraine, T. (1990) Gender, Identity and the production of meaning McNay, L (1992) Foucault and Feminism: Power, gender and the self Nicolson, P. (1996) Gender, Power and Organisation a psychological Perspective Weedon, (1997) Post structuralist Feminist Theory Click here to return to top of page What problems do you see stemming from the way people secure their identities through consumption rather than production? Labour has traditionally resisted the power of production through collective organisation. What possibilities are there for resisting the power of consumption?
G. Morgan and D. Knights, Organisations, Consumption and the State in J. Hassard and M. Parker (eds). Towards a New Theory of Organizations F. Mort, `The Politics of Consumption' in S. Hall and M. Jacques, editors, New Times. C. Campbell, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism, (Blackwell, Ch 1, 2 and 10. M. Featherstone, `Perspectives on Consumer Culture', Sociology 24(1), C. Gardner and J. Sheppard, Consuming Passions, Ch 3. J. Walter, A Long Way from Home, Ch 2. W. Leiss, S. Klein and S. Hall, Social Communication in Advertising, Methuen (1986). W. Leiss, "The Icons of the Marketplace", Theory Culture and Society, Vol 1(3) (1983) pp.10-21. W. Haug, Critique of Commodity Aesthetics, Ch 3. P. Baran, and M. Sweezy, Monopoly Capital, Chs 2, 3, 4 and 5. B. Millot, "Symbol, Desire and Power", Theory Culture and Society, Vol 5(4) (1988). Z. Bauman, "Industrialism, Consumerism and Power", Theory, Culture and Society, Vol 1(3) Du Gay, P. (1995)Consumption and identity at workFetherstone, M. (199x) Consumer Culture and Postmodernism Lee, M. J. (1993) Consumer culture reborn: the cultural politics of consumption 339.47/lee Click here to return to top of page Is HRM evidence of a new relationship between management and workers? J. Storey, ed., Human Resource Management. P. Blyton and P. Turnbull, (eds), Reassessing Human Resource Management, London: Sage. Chapters by Blyton and Turnbull, Sewell and Wilkinson and Keenoy and Anthony. P.D. Anthony, The Foundation of Management, Introduction, Chs 3 and 7. A. MacIntyre, After Virtue, pp.50-90. C. Barnard, The Functions of the Executive. D. Kerfoot and D. Knights, `Planning for Personnel? HRM Reconsidered', Journal of Management Studies, Vol 29, No 5, 1992. D. Knights and H. Willmott, `Conceptualising Leadership Processes; A Study of Senior Managers in a Financial Services Company', Journal of Management Studies, Vol 29, No 6, K. Legge, `Human Resource Management - A Critical Analysis', in J. Storey (ed.,) New Perspectives in Human Resource Management. R.E. Walton and P.R. Lawrence, Human Resource Management: Trends and Challenges. M. Armstrong, `Human Resource Management: A Case of the Emperor's New Clothes?', Personnel Management, 19, 8: 30-35. D. Gowler and K. Legge, `Personnel and Paradigms: Four Perspectives on the Future', Industrial Relations Journal, 17, 3: 225-35. C. Hendry and A. Pettigrew, `The Practice of Strategic Human Resource Management', Personnel Review, 15, 5: 3-8. C. Fombrun, N. Tichy and N. Devanna, (eds.,), Strategic Human Resources Management. D.L. Collinson, Managing the Shopfloor. J. Wajcman, Women in Control. R. Brown, `Work: Past, Present and Future', in K. Thompson (ed.,), Work, Employment and Unemployment. S. Wood, `New Wave Management', Work, Employment and Society, Vol 3, No 3, pp.379-402. H. Beynon, `Dealing with Icebergs', Work, Employment and Society, Vol 1, No 2, pp.247-259. J. Elger, `Flexible Futures? New Technology and the Contemporary Transformation of Work', Work, Employment and Society, Vol 1, No 4, pp.528-540. D.J. Pugh et al, Writers on Organizations, Chs 4 and 5. Robert Linhart, The Assembly Line. Michael Rose (Second edition), Industrial Behaviour: Theoretical Developments Since Taylor, Part 3. S. Pollard, The Genesis of Modern Management. Townley, B. (1994) Reframing Human Resource Management: power, ethics and subjects at workMust Read Articles Cooper, R. and Burrell, G. (1988) ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and Organisational Analysis: an Introduction’ Organisation Studies Parker, M (1999) 'Capitalism, Subjectivity and Ethics: Debating Labour Process Analysis' Organisation Studies 21/1: 25-45To be continued
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