The illusion of management control : a systems theoretical approach to managerial technologies /
This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230365391 (electronic) 0230365396 (electronic) 9786613722096 661372209X 0230272940 (hardback) 9780230272941 (hardback) |