Making Time
Time and Management in Modern Organizations
Barbara Adam editor Ida Sabelis editor Richard Whipp editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:11th Jul '02
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- Paperback£51.00(9780199253708)
Time is often taken for granted in daily life and the business world. The aim of this book is to bring time into sharper focus and in particular to look at the way time is constructed, made, managed, and used in organizations. The book both provides an overview of some of the key concepts in time and it explores how particular features of the modern world extend and change the temporal dimension of organizational activity.
This book is a welcome sign of continued growth and vitality in the study of time ... reading this book will be an eye-opening experience for those in management who cling to traditional assumptions concerning temporality. * KronoScope: Journal for the Study of Time *
... original and provocative. * Work, employment and society *
ISBN: 9780199253692
Dimensions: 243mm x 162mm x 19mm
Weight: 477g
240 pages