Content -- What do we really Mean by Power and Politics? A Review of the Literature -- The Study of Power and Politics in Management -- Definitions of Power and Politics -- What Do we Know about Power and Politics? -- Conclusion: The Research Challenge -- A Systems View of Organizational...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Programme Committee -- Chairmen -- Discussants -- Part I. Fundamental Problems and the Epistemology of Value Research -- Fundamental Values of Western Democracies / Schwan, Alexander -- The Explanation of Values. Problems and Approaches / Opp, Karl-Dieter --...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- A. The Future of the Working Society -- The Future of the Working Society / Fiirstenberg, Friedrich -- Labour as Factor of Production or Yardstick for Distribution / Blum, Reinhard -- B. Theoretical Approaches to the Analysis...