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
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
General Conclusion
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
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Our intention in writing this book was to introduce objects – management tools – into the analysis of social, organisational and economic phenomena. Their lack of visibility up until now and their apparent banality seemed to ignore any substantial problems tools might pose. Readers will have understood that we are not interested in management tools in the way technicians or managers would be; our idea is to view tools, which are omnipresent in our society, as an analyser of the specific situations that mark our time and so deserve to be studied.
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- Management ToolsA Social Sciences Perspective, pp. 227 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019