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OverviewDrawing on postcolonial theory this text offers a critique of international management. It argues that such disciplines are Western discourses and exhibit historical and current resonances with the vicissitudes of the so called 'colonial project'. The book explores alternative approaches to the question of the 'other' in late global capitalism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G. Jack , R. WestwoodPublisher: Palgrave USA Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.605kg ISBN: 9781403946171ISBN 10: 1403946175 Pages: 367 Publication Date: 19 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPART I: THE ORTHODOXIES OF ICCM Towards A Postcolonial Reading of ICCM The Commitments and Omissions of ICCM The Institutional Present PART II: HISTORICIZING ICCM Colonial Legacies Modernization, Industrialization and Development Globalization and Multiculturalism PART III: STRATEGIES OF APPROPRIATION IN ICCM Representational Strategies One: Orientalism and Othering Representational Strategies Two: Establishing a Canon Engagement, Hybridization and Resistance PART IV: REFRAMING ICCM Decolonizing Methodology in ICCM Towards An Alternative Institutional Present ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationBOB WESTWOOD is Professor of Organization Studies at the School of Management, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He has previously worked at leading universities in Australia and South-East Asia. His recent publications include Critical Representations of Work and Organizations in Popular Culture (with Carl Rhodes, 2008), and Humour and Organisation (co-edited with Rhodes, 2007) GAVIN JACK is Professor of Management in the Graduate School of Management, La Trobe University, Australia. His previous publications include Tourism and Intercultural Exchange: Why Tourism Matters (with Alison Phipps, 2005) and a co-edited special topic forum of the Academy of Management Review entitled International Management: Critique and New Directions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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