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Anarchism, Organization and Management: Critical Perspectives for Students
I Managers and management: history and present
An anarchist prehistory of management
This chapter will
Three anarchist managers
The origins of anarchist ideas in the late 19th century
Anarchist ideas and their organizational implications
A prehistory of management
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Anarchy in management today
This chapter will
Anarchism
Classical anarchism
Practical anarchism
Postanarchism
What is management?
Two case studies of organizational anarchism
US Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa
Zappos
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
II People and organizations
Difference and diversity in organizations
This chapter will
Who's diverse?
Difference and inequality in labour markets
Segregated labour
Segregated jobs
Inclusion management
Equal opportunities
Good business?
I am not your 'other'
How not to include
Rejecting work
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Managing the self
This chapter will
Capitalist 'Self-Management'
Anarchist self-management
Anarchic selves-growth
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Business ethics
This chapter will
Business ethics: some indicative positions
Conservative
Critical
Practical
The business ethics industry
An anarchist response
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
III Structure and culture
Decision making and power
Introduction
This chapter will
Power and control in organizations
What is power?
How does power function?
Anarchist decision making
Anarchist alternatives in practice
Consensus decision making
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Organizational culture
Introduction
This chapter will
Culture and anarchism
Two co-ops
Culture at work
Fighting your own culture
Struggling with difference
Со-creating organizational culture
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Leadership and authority
This chapter will
The origins of authority and leadership
Leadership in managed organizations
How to do otherwise - anarchist alternatives
Brazil: companies taken over by workers
Chile: self-management in community centre
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
IV Markets, finance and accounting
Finance and value
This chapter will
Use and exchange
Value in management theory
Value in accounting theory
Valuing human life
Value and non-human life
An anarchist theory of value
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Accounting in organizations and society
In this chapter, we will
The history of accounting
The need for accounting
The problem with markets
Markets are unfair
Markets undermine solidarity and promote selfishness
Markets are undemocratic
Markets are inefficient
An anarchist economy
Accounting challenges
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
V New technology and new economy
The collaborative and sharing economy
This chapter will
Collaboration in consumption and work
The sharing economy
Gig work
Precarious work
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Crowdsourcing and digital platforms
This chapter will
The digital age and crowdsourcing in business and management
The question of technology in anarchism
Bookchin and the concept of affordances
The affordances of crowdsourcing
Objects: the technical features
Environment: the cultural context
Actors: the social interactions
Is crowdsourcing anarchist?
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Trust, finance and cryptocurrencies
Introduction
This chapter will
The problem
Cryptoanarchism
From cryptoanarchy to bitcoin
From bitcoin to blockchain
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
VI Markets and exchange
Marketing, advertising and persuasion
This chapter will
A brief history of marketing
What is anarchism?
Anarchism and economy
The case of Charles Saatchi
The case of Occupy Wall Street
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Innovation and entrepreneurship
This chapter will
Creativity, innovation and all that
Social and technological innovation
The anarchy of entrepreneurship
The entrepreneur as anarchist and the anarchist as entrepreneur
Anarchism and its frenemies
Conclusion
Questions for further study
References
Exchange beyond the market
This chapter will
A trap of Homo economicus
Thinking and acting like an anarchist
Everyday anarchism: home and community
Anarchism at the university
The future: extending anarchism in the everyday
Questions for further study
Note
References
Conclusion: what to do with this book
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