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Managerial Techniques in Management and Organization Studies: Theoretical Perspectives on Managerial Artefacts

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Materiality and Managerial Techniques

Part of the book series: Technology, Work and Globalization ((TWG))

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This introduction opens with a short overview of the Organization, Artefacts and Practices workshop series and previous volumes in the series. It then provides a brief evaluation of the current scholarly treatment of managerial techniques within four major themes: managerial techniques for managers, techniques in practice, managerial work, and innovation and technology. Next, it addresses materiality in management and extends its discussion into managerial techniques to show how material treatment of managerial techniques has contributed to their conceptualization and critical assessment. Having outlined the main strands of academic work within materiality of managerial techniques, the chapter closes with an overview of all contributions in this volume.

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  2. Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

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  3. ESSEC Business School, Paris, France

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  4. Paris Dauphine University, Paris, France

    Francois-Xavier de Vaujany

  5. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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Mitev, N., Morgan-Thomas, A., Lorino, P., de Vaujany, FX., Nama, Y. (2018). Managerial Techniques in Management and Organization Studies: Theoretical Perspectives on Managerial Artefacts. In: Mitev, N., Morgan-Thomas, A., Lorino, P., de Vaujany, FX., Nama, Y. (eds) Materiality and Managerial Techniques . Technology, Work and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66101-8_1

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