Art and Aesthetics at Work [Hardcover]

Over the last decade or so, aesthetic and art theory has played an increasingly significant role in the way work and its organization has come to be understood. Bringing together the work of an international spectrum of academics, this collection contributes, in an overall more critical vein, to such emerging debates. Combining both empirical and theoretical material, each chapter re-evaluates the emerging relationship between art, aesthetics and work, exploring its potential as both a medium of critical analysis, and as a site of conflict and resistance.Preface; A.Carr & P.Hancock PART 1: ART AND AESTHETICS AS A WAY OF KNOWING ORGANIZATION Art and Aesthetics as a Way of Knowing Organization; A.Carr & P.Hancock Art as a Form of Knowledge; A.Carr Looking Into/Out Of Organisations Through the Rear Window: Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in Organization Studies; G.Cairns & T.Jeffers Reconciling Aesthetics and Justice in Organization Studies; M.Boyle PART 2: WORK AS AN AESTHETICALLY ORDERED ACTIVITY Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr We're All Partying Here: Target and Games, or Targets as Games in Call Centre Management; C.Alferoff & D.Knights The Power of Organizational Song; N.Nissley, S.Taylor & O.Butler On the Manager's Body as an Aesthetics of Control; N.Harding PART 3: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH AESTHETICS AT WORK Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr The Barren Landscape: Reading US Corporate Architecture; A.Kersten & R.Gilardi An-aesthetics and Architecture; K.Dale & G.Burrell Aestheticizing the World of Organization; P.HancockCATRINA ALFEROFF Research Assistant, Department of Management, Keele UniversityMARY-ELLEN BOYLE Assistant Professor, Clark University's Graduate School of ManagementGIBSON BURRELL Professor of Organisational Behaviour, University of WarwickORVILLE BUTLER Auburn WashingtonGEORGE CAIRNS Senior Lecturer in Management, University of StrathclydeKAREN DALE Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour, Unl-