Changing Paradigms: The Transformation of Management Knowledge for the 21st Century [Paperback]

Thomas Clarke (Author), Stewart Clegg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2000

Management paradigms, the system of ideas by which managers understand and act upon in the economic world, have undergone a rapid process of transformation in recent years. Throughout the business world management thinking is becoming more sophisticated. A cerebral approach to rethinking companies is apparent, and a familiarity with a variety of management theories is often required by practising managers in response to the rapid evolution of the business environment. This work seeks to explain how current developments in management ideas relate to traditional forms of management thought and practice, and examines which paradigms are likely to be durable in the next century.

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Thomas Clarke is Professor of International Management at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is a member of the Strategic Partnership, an international business consultancy and is Visiting Professor at Universities in Mexico, Shanghai and Sao Paulo. Formerly he was Professor of Corporate Governance at Leeds Business School. Stewart Clegg is acknowledged as a leading academic authority throughout the world on the study of power in organizations. He is Professor of Management at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd (February 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006387314
• ISBN-13: 978-0006387312
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,282,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Changing Paradigms, June 29, 2000

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This review is from: Changing Paradigms: The Transformation of Management Knowledge for the 21st Century (Hardcover)

This book achieves what it sets out to achieve in the preface - to "synthesise the central shifts of management thought and practice in the late twentieth century and into the next millennium". The authors provide a convincing argument about the need to reconsider management thinking and practice. The topics discussed in each chapter are timely and relevant. These include globalization, digitalization and sustainability.

In the final chapter, the authors state that an organization's ultimate goals should be based on sustainability and ecological approaches rather than profit and growth. For some managers this will be a radical shift.

The book gets four stars rather than five as it is not the first book of its kind and there will be managers who have heard much of this information before. However, even for these managers the book provides a useful summary of the latest management thinking.