{"product_id":"triumph-of-emptiness-consumption-higher-education-and-work-organization-9780199660940","title":"Triumph of Emptiness: Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization","description":"In this book, Mats Alvesson aims to demystify some popular and upbeat claims about a range of phenomena, including the knowledge society, consumption, branding, higher education, organizational change, professionalization, and leadership. He contends that a culture of grandiosity is leading to numerous inflated claims. We no longer talk about plans but 'strategies'. Supervisors have been replaced by 'managers', managers are referred to as executives. Management is about 'leadership'. Giving advice is 'coaching'. Companies become 'knowledge-intensive firms'. The book views the contemporary economy as an economy of persuasion, where firms and other institutions increasingly assign talent, energy, and resources to rhetoric, image, branding, reputation, and visibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mats Alvesson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199660940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMats Alvesson, \u003cem\u003eLund University, Department of Business Administration\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Lund, Sweden and at University of Queensland Business School, Australia. Recent books include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eQualitative Research and Theory Development \u003c\/em\u003e(Sage 2011, with Dan Karreman)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eInterpreting Interviews\u003c\/em\u003e (Sage 2011)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetaphor We Lead By: Understanding Leadership in the Real World\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge 2011, ed with Andre Spicer)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, edited with Todd Bridgman and Hugh Willmott)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Gender and Organizations\u003c\/em\u003e (Sage, 2009, 2nd ed, with Yvonne Billing)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eReflexive Methodology\u003c\/em\u003e (Sage, 2009, 2nd ed, with Kaj Skoldberg)\u003cbr\u003eChanging Organizational Culture (Routledge 2008, with Stefan Sveningsson)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnowledge Work and Knowledge-Intensive Firms\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2004)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45053393731699,"sku":"9780199660940","price":87.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ce5edc6d-5294-4eeb-be84-6fdcf550597b.jpg?v=1779969676","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/triumph-of-emptiness-consumption-higher-education-and-work-organization-9780199660940","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}