Return to Judgement
Today's organisations are increasingly complex with many structures, practices and rules to follow. While the organisational head—a knowing administrative class—becomes larger, the space for people doing the core job of the organisation to think outside the box and take personal responsibility shrinks.
How can we tackle this and give workers more space to use their judgement?
Drawing on cases from universities, healthcare, and other industries, Return to Judgement reveals how the growth of management, policies, and expertise are often counterproductive. The authors provide solutions for rethinking work and organisation and encourage what they call post-infantilised management.
Highlighting key debates around organisations and bureaucracy, this book presents an alternative vision for the future of work and management.
Today's organisations are increasingly complex with many structures, practices and rules to follow. While the organisational head—a knowing administrative class—becomes larger, the space for people doing the core job of the organisation to think outside the box and take personal responsibility shrinks.
How can we tackle this and give workers more space to use their judgement?
Drawing on cases from universities, healthcare, and other industries, Return to Judgement reveals how the growth of management, policies, and expertise are often counterproductive. The authors provide solutions for rethinking work and organisation and encourage what they call post-infantilised management.
Highlighting key debates around organisations and bureaucracy, this book presents an alternative vision for the future of work and management.
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Today's organisations are increasingly complex with many structures, practices and rules to follow. While the organisational head—a knowing administrative class—becomes larger, the space for people doing the core job of the organisation to think outside the box and take personal responsibility shrinks.
How can we tackle this and give workers more space to use their judgement?
Drawing on cases from universities, healthcare, and other industries, Return to Judgement reveals how the growth of management, policies, and expertise are often counterproductive. The authors provide solutions for rethinking work and organisation and encourage what they call post-infantilised management.
Highlighting key debates around organisations and bureaucracy, this book presents an alternative vision for the future of work and management.
