Power at Work

Providing detailed insights into working life, McCabe, a well known author in the fields of organization studies, labour process theory and critical management studies offers a distinctive approach to innovation in the work place. In this ethnography of a major US bank he argues that many innovations associated with thenew corporation seem to re

1. Introduction 2. Do Managers Dream of Electric Staff ora Design for Drudgery? 3. Manufacturing the Enterprise Self 4. Mechanizing Emotions 5. In the Belly of the Machine 6. Coping through Teamwork or How Staff Oil the Machine 7. Divided and Conquered? 8. Conclusion