Overview

Since the 1990s or so, aesthetic and art theory have played increasingly significant roles in the way work and its organization has come to be understood. Bringing together the work of an international spectrum of academics, this collection contributes, in an overall more critical vein, to such emerging debates. Combining both empirical and theoretical material, each chapter re-evaluates the emerging relationship between art, aesthetics and work, exploring its potential as both a medium of critical analysis, and as a site of conflict and resistance.

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Author:   A. Carr ,  P. Hancock
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780333968635

ISBN 10:   0333968638
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   15 April 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; A.Carr & P.Hancock PART 1: ART AND AESTHETICS AS A WAY OF KNOWING ORGANIZATION Art and Aesthetics as a Way of Knowing Organization; A.Carr & P.Hancock Art as a Form of Knowledge; A.Carr Looking Into/Out Of Organisations Through the Rear Window: Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in Organization Studies; G.Cairns & T.Jeffers Reconciling Aesthetics and Justice in Organization Studies; M.Boyle PART 2: WORK AS AN AESTHETICALLY ORDERED ACTIVITY Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr We're All Partying Here: Target and Games, or Targets as Games in Call Centre Management; C.Alferoff & D.Knights The Power of Organizational Song; N.Nissley, S.Taylor & O.Butler On the Manager's Body as an Aesthetics of Control; N.Harding PART 3: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH AESTHETICS AT WORK Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr The Barren Landscape: Reading US Corporate Architecture; A.Kersten & R.Gilardi An-aesthetics and Architecture; K.Dale & G.Burrell Aestheticizing the World of Organization; P.Hancock

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ADRIAN N. CARR is Principal Research Fellow in the School of Social, Community and Organisational Studies at the University of Western Sydney. His main research interest is the application of insights from psychology and sociology in order to provide a critical understanding of human behaviour in formal organizations. - PHILIP HANCOCK is a lecturer in Sociology and Philosophy in the School of Social Sciences at the Glasgow Caledonian University.

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