Free Download James Westphal, "Symbolic Management: Governance, Strategy, and Institutions"
English | ISBN: 0198792050 | 2020 | 272 pages | EPUB | 1053 KB
The theory of symbolic management reveals a pervasive pattern of 'symbolic decoupling' - a separation between appearances and reality - at every level of the governance system. At each level the processes of governance are less efficient or effective than they appear; from interpersonal relations within organizations such as those between CEOs and directors, top managers and lower-level employees, to relations between firm leaders and external stakeholders such as journalists and security analysts. There is even a separation between appearances and reality at the level of the governance system itself.