Anti Stupidity: How Organizations Can Trade Stupidity for Purpose
Autor Mats Alvesson, Stella Cizinskyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 iul 2026
How did our organizations become stagnant, and what can be done to revive them? Contemporary societal and organizational noise, extensive bureaucratization, silo thinking, imitation, bullshit talk, and meaningless meetings are destructive to workplaces. This book explains how we got here and shows escape routes through more independent thinking and speaking up. With spotlights on individual and organizational strategies to combat stupidity, various structures and practices to mobilize support are illuminated.
A provocative and entertaining read, this book will be practically useful reading for anyone interested in making organizations more effective.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781041066811
ISBN-10: 1041066813
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1041066813
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Postgraduate and Professional Practice & DevelopmentCuprins
1. Introduction Part 1. How Stupidity is Cultivated 2. Stupidity and Other Misery Cut Short 3. Functional Stupidity - Existential Anxiolytc and Social Lubricant 4. Organized Stupidity or Stupidity in Organizations 5. Sins, Ailments and Fragile Times Part 2. Fighting Functional Stupidity 6. Fighting Functional Stupidity I: Individual Initiatives 7. Fighting Functional Stupidity II: Organizational Solutions 8. Fighting Functional Stupidity, Warnings and Pitfalls 9. Summary and Closing Words
Recenzii
“Functional stupidity: it’s the glue that inhibits innovation and impact, and it’s the lubricant that keeps non-value adding nonsense flowing. This book is packed with therapeutic and useful insights on how to confront and diminish this stupidity.” Ian McCarthy, Simon Fraser University, Canada
"Adopting a critical focus on management practices, this book offers interventions and practical suggestions to push back against functional stupidity at work. The authors adeptly challenge the flawed obedience entrenched in existing organizational processes, while encouraging independent thinking and critical dialogue to deliver more meaningful and positive working environments." Barbara Plester, University of Auckland, New Zealand
"Adopting a critical focus on management practices, this book offers interventions and practical suggestions to push back against functional stupidity at work. The authors adeptly challenge the flawed obedience entrenched in existing organizational processes, while encouraging independent thinking and critical dialogue to deliver more meaningful and positive working environments." Barbara Plester, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Notă biografică
Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, UK, and is also affiliated with Lund University, Sweden, and City St George's, University of London, UK.
Stella Cizinsky is an MD, cardiologist and head of clinics at Örebro University Hospital, Sweden.
Stella Cizinsky is an MD, cardiologist and head of clinics at Örebro University Hospital, Sweden.
Descriere
This book explores how functional stupidity - uncritical and unreflective thinking within prescribed, constrained ways - is institutionalised and why we should minimise it at workplaces.