Book contents
- Management Tools
- Management Tools
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation
- Part II Three Major Types of Social Science Approaches
- Part III Synthesis
- 6 The Agency of Management Tools
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Agency of Management Tools
from Part III - Synthesis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2019
- Management Tools
- Management Tools
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation
- Part II Three Major Types of Social Science Approaches
- Part III Synthesis
- 6 The Agency of Management Tools
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The many pieces of research examined in the preceding chapters have revealed the social importance of management tools and recognised their role, place and influence in the coordination of organisational action, thereby justifying, in return, the efforts made in the research. As an extension of this work, we would like to propose an integrating analytical framework that would allow us to examine the different facets of what we call the ‘agency’ of management tools.1 We chose this term because it accounts for the fact that tools have a capacity to act on and influence the world and human beings.
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- Management ToolsA Social Sciences Perspective, pp. 201 - 226Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019