Synopsis
This book views management as a complex set of social and symbolic processes often characterized by considerable ambiguity and paradox. In particular, it develops the body of work concerned with building experienced-based, grounded description and understanding of the processes of management and managing.
The contributors explore: the dynamics, subtleties and complexities of managerial life; its informal as well as formalized features and practices; and the significance of the cultural and symbolic in organizations. There is a concern with meanings and the relationships between managerial talk, thought and action. The contributors also draw on both established social anthropological concepts - such as culture, myth, ritual,
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Provides access to a wide range of federal statistics for development officials and others seeking information for competitive analysis, strategic planning, market research, and other types of economic and policy evaluation. National and state data, organized by four-digit SIC codes in all wholesale and retail trade categories, includes for each SIC code a description of the category, statistics on total sales and total employment, lists of leading companies, and graphics showing industry concentration and statistics broken down by state. A second section consists of statistical tables for 590 cities and metro areas, organized alphabetically. Thoroughly indexed by SIC, subject, company, occupation, and city. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)