Organising and managing work - Tony Watson

This innovative new text is the first of its kind to cover issues within and across traditionally separate areas of organisational behaviour, management, strategy and human resource management. Organising and Managing Work focuses on the experiences and activities of people practically involved in work organisations, whilst using and contributing to the latest academic thinking on work and management behaviour and adopting a stance of critical reflection and ethical awareness. The text is written to relate to the experiences and interests of its readers, providing fascinating and stimulating stories and conversations taken from the author's research and work organisation experience. Together, these elements bring alive for the reader issues that are central both to academic debate and organisational and managerial practice. Key features: Broad and integrated coverage of topics normally treated separately under such headings as management, OB, strategy and HRM. Demonstrates how managerial work concepts and theories connect to 'real life practices' of managers and employees by drawing on the author's extensive experience of and research on managerial and strategic behaviour.;Examines a wide range of different work situations, industries and organisational types paying close attention to high-level strategic management, day-to-day middle management and supervisory work as well as to the efforts of ordinary organisational members trying to organise their working lives. Includes aspects of organisational life that are often marginalized in standard texts, including the politics and confusions of managerial decision-making, the angst and emotion associated with managerial work, the role of humour and sexuality in organisational mischief and the ethical dilemas faced by managers. Organising and Managing Work is relevant to both undergraduates and MBA students on business and management studies programmes. It can be used equally effectively as a core textbook or as a secondary reading resource within modules in organisational behaviour, management, strategic analysis or human resource management. In addition, the book is ideal for the independent learner or reflective practitioner wishing to get an overview of the latest thinking in this field.;Tony Watson is Professor of Organisational and Managerial Behaviour at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.