| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction: Managing Modernity: Beyond Bureaucracy?; 1. 'Without Regard to Persons': Problems of Involvement and Attachment in 'Post-Bureaucratic' Public Management; 2. Bureaucratic and Post-Bureaucratic Accountability in Britain: Some Sceptical Reflections; 3. New Lock, New Stock, New Barrel, Same Gun: The Accessorized Bureaucracy of Health Care; 4. Applying Soft Bureaucracy to Rhetorics of Choice: The UK NHS 1983-2007 |
| Summary |
Bureaucracy has long been a cornerstone of advanced industrial societies, and a defining feature of modernity. At the same time, many commentators from all quarters argue that it is on the wane in this post-this or that world; or that if it isn't, it should be dismantled to free up organizations, enterprise, and innovation. But do we live in a more or less bureaucratic world? Do contemporary forms and means of communication undermine or modify bureaucracy, or does technology create new 'iron cages' and forms of control? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bureaucracy -- Forecasting.
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Organizational behavior.
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Organizational change.
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Organizational sociology.
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Public administration.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clegg, Stewart.
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Harris, Martin.
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Höpfl, Harro.
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| ISBN |
019161274X (electronic bk.) |
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0199563640 (hbk.) |
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0199563659 (paperback) |
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9780191612749 (electronic bk.) |
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9780199563647 (hbk.) |
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9780199563654 (paperback) |
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