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OverviewThis book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector. Full Product DetailsAuthor: N. ThygesenPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.529kg ISBN: 9780230272941ISBN 10: 0230272940 Pages: 247 Publication Date: 16 December 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational 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 (SELF-) MANAGEMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE Cash, Codes and Complexity: New Adventures in the Public Management of Pay Scales Information and other Bodily Functions PART II: THE (SELF-) MANAGEMENT OF THE CITIZEN Hybrid Inclusion - Multiple Inclusion Mechanisms in the Modernised Organisation of Danish Welfare Services Citizens Contracts as a Tricky Steering Media 'Watching the market' – Visual Representations of Financial Economy in Advertisements PART III: THE STRATEGIFICATION OF THE PUBLIC ORGANIZATION Structural Couplings Between Organizations and Function Systems The Polyphonic Effects of Technological Changes in Public Sector Organizations The Time of Money, Soziale Systeme Market as a Political Future EpilogueReviewsAuthor InformationNIELS THYGE THYGESEN is Associate Professor at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Heworks on systems theory and communications theory in relation to researching public management, management/steering technologies, time and trust. He has published numerous articles about technologies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |