{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-facilities-management-tales-from-an-organizational-netherworld-hardcover","title":"Once Upon a Time in Facilities Management: Tales from an Organizational Netherworld - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia McCarroll\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Hassard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat would the world of work look like if interpreted through the lens of the fairytale? To answer this question \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time in Facilities Management\u003c\/em\u003e explores storied spaces and metaphorical archetypes in the study of business, management, and organization. At its core, the authors offer a diagnostic approach for the study of work organization that links management theory, storytelling, and the business imaginary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn important empirical focus is also included that explores a business service rarely studied in the management literature: Facilities Management (FM), a 'secondary service' of non-core and increasingly outsourced organizational functions. An in-depth appreciation of FM is provided that assesses the people, practices, and processes of the service in a study that also highlights the characteristic liminality of the sector's professional activities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmphasis is placed on illuminating the storytelling nature of the service, using primarily the genre of fairytales to identify representational archetypes (including queen, shadow, sage, trickster, adventurer, and eternal child) within FM's storied space. In the process, three central characters (essentially modes of FM delivery) are identified - the professional consultant, the external service provider, and the in-house function - with these forming the structural basis of fairytales explaining the culture and symbolism of FM as a business service. The authors conclude by extrapolating findings from the study to inform a discussion of the contributions of folkloric analysis to organization theory explicitly and our understanding of business and management practice more widely.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia McCarroll, \u003cem\u003eSenior Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University\u003c\/em\u003e, John Hassard, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Organizational Analysis, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia McCarroll is a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Metropolitan Business School. Before joining academia in 2012, she worked as a facilities project manager, being involved across client and service provider streams in both private and public sector practice. In her academic work, she specializes in executive education across undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with her work in organization studies being influenced by her slightly unconventional background in archaeology and social anthropology. Her research focuses mainly on organizational narratives - specifically folklore and fairytales - and explores concepts such as liminality, enchantment, and organizational darkness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Hassard is Professor of Organizational Analysis at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Previously he taught at London Business School and Universities of Cardiff and Keele. He was also formerly Visiting Fellow in Management Learning at Cambridge University. His research interests lie in organizational change, business history, and managerial work. On these topics he has published twenty books and more than a hundred articles in refereed journals such as the \u003cem\u003eAcademy of Management Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBritish Journal of Industrial Relations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHuman Relations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Relations\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of Management Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOrganization Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.47 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48639057330425,"sku":"9780192848192","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/6HXI_2VHl59780192848192.webp?v=1783293987","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/once-upon-a-time-in-facilities-management-tales-from-an-organizational-netherworld-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}