Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part I 1
5. 1. The development of meeting behaviour in modern organizations and the rise of an upper class of professional chairpersons 3
6. 2. Blame and praise gossip in organizations 25
7. 3. The humiliating organisation 41
8. Part II 59
9. 4. About individual autonomy and the relational self 61
10. 5. Figurational sociology, monopolization and corporate governance 85
11. 6. Boundary behaviour and organizational dynamics 99
12. Part III 117
13. 7. From the socio-historical macro model to organizational behaviour 119
14. 8. The evolution of management theories in China 131
15. 9. Cultivating Indian management 151
16. Part IV 171
17. 10. Norbert Elias as organizational sociologist 173
18. 11. Elias, organizatons and ecology 189
19. 12. Management and organization 205
20. Notes 219
21. References 225
22. Index 247