The Cultural Work of Corporations

M. Brown

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780230618725
• eBook ISBN: 9780230100626
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Economics

The Cultural Work of Corporations argues that corporate culture - the values, customs, and conventions of a business organization - has altered how workers conduct themselves both inside and outside the workplace. Brown demonstrates that corporate culture, an idea celebrated by business magazines and books, human resources departments, executives, and management theorists, is really a means of extending and strengthening work's presence in all aspects of workers' lives, even aspects generally categorized as private. Innovative in its execution, this book draws together a range of literature and information, including popular advice books, organizational theory, fiction, corporate mission statements, business histories, and economic histories.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Corporate Culture and Business Studies
• 2 From Organization Man to Liberation Management: An Examination of Individuality and Conformity in the Workplace
• 3 Survival at Work: Flexibility and Adaptability in American Corporate Culture
• 4 Taking Care of Business: Corporate Performance, Self-Care, and the Healthy Workplace
• 5 Everything to Gain: The Intensification of Corporate Progress, Presence, and Risk
• 6 Students and Stakeholders: Business Writing Courses and Corporate Cultural Literacy
• 7 Corporate Culture Out of Control?
• Notes
• References
• Index