ISBN:
9783709105566
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics and Management 6
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Hanappi-Egger, Edeltraud, 1964 - The Triple M of organizations
DDC:
302.35
Keywords:
Management
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Führungskräfte
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Geschlecht
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Geschlechterdiskriminierung
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Social sciences
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Social work
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Social work
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Management
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Geschlechtsunterschied
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Managerherrschaft
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Kritik
Abstract:
What has management to do with myths? And how does gender enter the stage? This book identifies frequently used key arguments in gender discussions on management and organizations and will unmask them as myths. Be it that management is rational, be it that organizations are gender-neutral, be it that women will change technology, will be shown to be a set of superficial declarations not withstanding critical scrutiny. All the "reasons" for gender-specific organizational phenomena will be proved to exist simply to maintain power structures and thereby systematically (but subtly) reproduce dom
Description / Table of Contents:
"Title Page "; "Copyright Page "; "Preamble"; "Table of contents"; "Introduction"; "The economic crisis and myth-building"; "Gender in economics and management"; "Myths and their meaning for gender"; "Outline of the book"; "Man and Management"; "Management and Myth"; "Myth and Man"; "CHAPTER I Man and Management"; "Sex and gender in organizations and management"; "Myth: 'Women will change the fields of science, engineering andtechnolog'?"; "Software engineering: His-story (?) and concepts"; "The role of gender in software engineering"
Description / Table of Contents:
"Case studies: Doing gender in software engineering""An enlarged software engineering approach"; "On the nonsense of adapting women rather than organizations"; "Empirical Study: Female computer scientists who quit their profession"; "Reasons for leaving the profession"; "Summary Gender scripts and gender codes in SET organizations"; "De-mystifying the role of sex and gender in management and SET organizations"; "CHAPTER II Management and Myth"; "Rationality: An ambiguous concept"; "On the rationality of cost-benefit calculations"
Description / Table of Contents:
"Myth: 'A gender-specific division of labour leads to optimal output'""The irrationality of business rationality when it comes to gender"; "Summary The irrational rationality of management with respect to gender"; "De-mystifying rationality in management"; "CHAPTER III Myth and Man"; "Another triple M: Man, Management and the Military"; "Myth: 'Men are inherently predisposed to be managers'"; "Case studies: Masculinity constructions in Austrian advisory boards"; "Self-construction as a board member"; "Perception of executive management and 'the others'"
Description / Table of Contents:
"Executive Managers:""Women:"; "Younger board members:"; "Nationalities:"; "Business concepts"; "Stake holder value:"; "Entrepreneurism:"; "Organism:"; "Public companies:"; "Some other prevalent myths"; "Management is about abilities and skills"; "Top management requires full-time commitment"; "Summary On the subtle effectiveness of constructions of masculinity"; "De-mystifying management masculinities"; "CHAPTER IV Myth-building in management:intentional storytelling?"; "Myths and sub-myths"; "Gender myths as a transmutation of history into nature"
Description / Table of Contents:
"'Normalized' forms of gender concepts""Depoliticized gender statements in organizations and management"; "Gender in management and organizations: Caught in a fuzzy web of myths"; "De-mystifying gender in management and organizations: An optimistically pessimistic approach to spaces of change"; "Myths, intentional story-telling and organizational practices"; "At the level of distribution:"; "At the level of recognition:"; "Myths as ideology"; "Concluding remarks"; "Limitations and Future Research"; "List of research projects referred to in this book"; "References"
Description / Table of Contents:
"List of figures and tables"
Description / Table of Contents:
""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Preamble""; ""Table of contents""; ""Introduction""; ""The economic crisis and myth-building""; ""Gender in economics and management""; ""Myths and their meaning for gender""; ""Outline of the book""; ""Man and Management""; ""Management and Myth""; ""Myth and Man""; ""CHAPTER I Man and Management""; ""Sex and gender in organizations and management""; ""Myth: “Women will change the fields of science, engineering andtechnology�""; ""Software engineering: His-story (?) and concepts""; ""The role of gender in software engineering""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Case studies: Doing gender in software engineering""""An enlarged software engineering approach""; ""On the nonsense of adapting women rather than organizations""; ""Empirical Study: Female computer scientists who quit their profession""; ""Reasons for leaving the profession""; ""Summary Gender scripts and gender codes in SET organizations""; ""De-mystifying the role of sex and gender in management and SET organizations""; ""CHAPTER II Management and Myth""; ""Rationality: An ambiguous concept""; ""On the rationality of cost-benefit calculations""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Myth: “A gender-specific division of labour leads to optimal output�""""The irrationality of business rationality when it comes to gender""; ""Summary The irrational rationality of management with respect to gender""; ""De-mystifying rationality in management""; ""CHAPTER III Myth and Man""; ""Another triple M: Man, Management and the Military""; ""Myth: “Men are inherently predisposed to be managers�""; ""Case studies: Masculinity constructions in Austrian advisory boards""; ""Self-construction as a board member""; ""Perception of executive management and “the others�""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Executive Managers:""""Women:""; ""Younger board members:""; ""Nationalities:""; ""Business concepts""; ""Stake holder value:""; ""Entrepreneurism:""; ""Organism:""; ""Public companies:""; ""Some other prevalent myths""; ""Management is about abilities and skills""; ""Top management requires full-time commitment""; ""Summary On the subtle effectiveness of constructions of masculinity""; ""De-mystifying management masculinities""; ""CHAPTER IV Myth-building in management:intentional storytelling?""; ""Myths and sub-myths""; ""Gender myths as a transmutation of history into nature""
Description / Table of Contents:
""“Normalized� forms of gender concepts""""Depoliticized gender statements in organizations and management""; ""Gender in management and organizations: Caught in a fuzzy web of myths""; ""De-mystifying gender in management and organizations: An optimistically pessimistic approach to spaces of change""; ""Myths, intentional story-telling and organizational practices""; ""At the level of distribution:""; ""At the level of recognition:""; ""Myths as ideology""; ""Concluding remarks""; ""Limitations and Future Research""; ""List of research projects referred to in this book""; ""References""
Description / Table of Contents:
""List of figures and tables""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-7091-0556-6
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