The Therapeutic Corporation (Studies on Law and Social Control)
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A growing number of contemporary organizations have management structures that are less centralized and hierarchical than the traditional bureaucratic model. This book takes a close look inside one such organization: an employee-owned manufacturing corporation. It addresses the question of how
conflicts are handled when bureaucracy is greatly reduced--and its findings will surprise and enlighten many readers. Therapy, a behavior or practice normally thought to be confined to the offices of psychiatrists and the wards of mental hospitals, turns out to be the most common way of handling
conflict in the postbureaucratic work environment. James Tucker reveals that this therapeutic system of social control contrasts sharply, and tellingly, with the more authoritative--often violent--systems of social control found in more centralized and hierarchical work settings, especially those of
the past.
The Therapeutic Corporation (Studies on Law and Social Control),James Tucker,Oxford University Press, USA,0195111753,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Conflict management,Executive Management,Human Resources & Personnel Management,Industrial & Organizational Psychology,Industrial Management,Industrial sociology,Management - General,Organization Theory,Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management,Organizational theory & behaviour,Personnel & human resources management,Sociology | Organizations, Occupations, Work
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