The Illusion of Management Control: A Systems Theoretical Approach to Managerial Technologies

Thygesen, N.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-12-16

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349323623

DOI: 10.1057/9780230365391

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 247