Managing In The Postmodern World

Managing in the Postmodern World

Postmodern Management and Organization Theory

This thought-provoking critique of postmodern theory provides an overview of issues as they relate to management and organization theory and its history, and assembles a variety of important works on postmodern philosophy - including feminist and cultural postmodern philosophies. Addressing the future of the postmodern influence on management and organization theory and method, the book also establishes an agenda for future research.

Postmodern Management

Postmodern management, according to Wallace, moves beyond the shortcomings of the bureaucratic management style in American business. Bureaucracy is too inflexible, cost-rigid and job defensive to survive in a postmodern world. Wallace provides guidelines to ease the transition from the bureaucratic form of structure to postmodern partnership.