"Triumph of emptiness:consumption, higher education and work organisation" (Record no. 174829)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199660940
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 302.35 ALV
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name "Alvesson, Mats"
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title "Triumph of emptiness:consumption, higher education and work organisation"
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. OUP
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 243 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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 Supervisors have been replaced by managers. Goods have become brands. Wealthy countries try to show that they are knowledge societies through mass higher education but with limited effect on real qualifications or qualified job opportunities for graduates. 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.<br/><br/>Using a wide range of empirical examples to illuminate the realms of consumption, higher education, organization, and leadership, this provocative and engaging book challenges established assumptions and contributes to a critical understanding of society as a whole.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element "Materialism, Modern civilization, Organizational behavio"
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library   2020-02-08   302.35 ALV 155963 2020-02-08 2020-02-08 Books

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