Oxford University Press Critical Management Studies: A Reader (Oxford Management Readers)

Critical Management Studies' or 'C.M.S.' has emerged over the last ten years as the term to describe a diverse group of work that has adopted a critical or questioning approach to the traditional concerns of management studies. In this time, C.M.S. has come to exert an increasing influence in Management and Management Studies, and while it has prompted fierce debate about its validity and use, there is no doubt that the rapidly growing interest in C.M.S. has produces a vibrant and exciting body of work. Chris Grey and Hugh Willmott, leading authorities in this area have collected together eighteen readings, which reflect these developments, and show why C.M.S. has become an important field of research. The book is divided into four sections, 'Anticipating C.M.S.', looking at some of the roots of C.M.S., 'Studying Management Critically', 'Critical Studies of Management', and 'Assessing C.M.S.", examining some of the internal and external critical discussions of C.M.S. . Each reading and it's significance is introduced by the editors, and in their introduction to the reader, they reflect more broadly on the history of C.M.S. . In particular, they consider its institutionalization, both in terms of its becoming an identifiable body of work or approach, and its institutional context within business schools and indeed what it means to produce a Reader of critical work. As an assessment of C.M.S., the Reader will be of interest to academics, researchers and students of Management Studies. As an introduction to C.M.S., the book will prove invaluable to students taking courses requiring familiarity with the C.M.S. literature.