The Cultural Work of Corporations [Paperback]

The Cultural Work of Corporations argues that corporate culture - the values, customs, and conventions of a business organization - has altered how workers conduct themselves both inside and outside the workplace. Brown demonstrates that corporate culture, an idea celebrated by business magazines and books, human resources departments, executives, and management theorists, is really a means of extending and strengthening work's presence in all aspects of workers' lives, even aspects generally categorized as private. Innovative in its execution, this book draws together a range of literature and information, including popular advice books, organizational theory, fiction, corporate mission statements, business histories, and economic histories.Corporate Culture and Business Studies From Organization Man to Liberation Management: An Examination of Individuality and Conformity in the Workplace Survival at Work: Flexibility and Adaptability in American Corporate Culture Taking Care of Business: Corporate Performance, Self-Care, and the Healthy Workplace Everything to Gain: the Intensification of Corporate Progress, Presence, and Risk Students and Stakeholders: Business Writing Courses, the Maintenance of Corporate Culture, and the Uses of Corporate Cultural Literacy

This voume provides a provacative perspective on corporate culture, especially on its impact on employees' private lives - Choice

In this astute and engaging study, Brown offers a theoretically sophisticated and historically informed examination of the discourses and practices of corporate culture and their functions for modern business organizations. With clarity and deftness, she shows how this culture has come increasingly to shape the lives of employees and the larger society in ways that ultimately serve the interests of the corporation. Brown?s critical treatment of this important topic is not only comprehensive and broad in scope but unusually thorough. Together with the aulC1