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| Author: | Watson, T. |
| Title: | How do managers think? Identity, morality and pragmatism in managerial theory and practice |
| Journal: | Management Learning
1996 : SEP, VOL. 27:3, p. 323-342 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT THEORIES MANAGERS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | A participant observation research study among managers is drawn upon to argue that the thinking which shapes the action of managers can be seen as informed by sets of beliefs and generalizations which involve a mixture of pragmatic and moral principles. This paper concentrates on the context of corporal power and control within which managers are likely to operate. It is recognised that more general factors of basic human fragility and angst may also be major limiting factors - these relating to a double-control problem which characterizes all managerial work. |
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