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...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
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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.
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)