"While the careers of secret agents have inspired many genres of popular culture, relatively little research has been carried out until now on spying as a profession. Through the lens of personnel management, the authors offer a unique and compelling analysis of secret service employee...

Section I: Organising integration – where and when it starts, and how does it end -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Organising integrationAndreas Diedrich and Barbara Czarniawska (A developed version of "Aims and Rationale") -- Chapter 2: Alternative perspectives on immigrant accommodation to...

Have you ever wondered how organizations decide which news is important? This insightful book portrays in detail everyday work in three news agencies: Swedish TT, Italian ANSA and the worldwide Reuters. This unique study is about organizing rather than journalism, revealing two accelerating...