Art and Aesthetics at Work

CATRINA ALFEROFF Research Assistant, Department of Management, Keele UniversityMARY-ELLEN BOYLE Assistant Professor, Clark University's Graduate School of ManagementGIBSON BURRELL Professor of Organisational Behaviour, University of WarwickORVILLE BUTLER Auburn WashingtonGEORGE CAIRNS Senior Lecturer in Management, University of StrathclydeKAREN DALE Lecturer in Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour, University of WarwickRON GILARDI Vice President for Academic Affairs, La Roche College, PittsburghNANCY HARDING Senior Lecturer in Health Policy Management, University of LeedsTAMAR JEFFERS PhD Candidate, Department of Film and Television, Warwick UniversityASTRID KERSTEN Professor of Management, La Roche University, PittsburghDAVID KNIGHTS Professor of Organisational Analysis & Head of the School of Management, Keele UniversityNICK NISSLEY Assistant Professor at the University of St Thomas, MinneapolisSTEVE TAYLOR Lecturer in Change Management, University of Bath

• Preface; A.Carr & P.Hancock PART 1: ART AND AESTHETICS AS A WAY OF KNOWING ORGANIZATION Art and Aesthetics as a Way of Knowing Organization; A.Carr & P.Hancock Art as a Form of Knowledge; A.Carr Looking Into/Out Of Organisations Through the Rear Window: Voyeurism and Exhibitionism in Organization Studies; G.Cairns & T.Jeffers Reconciling Aesthetics and Justice in Organization Studies; M.Boyle PART 2: WORK AS AN AESTHETICALLY ORDERED ACTIVITY Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr We're All Partying Here: Target and Games, or Targets as Games in Call Centre Management; C.Alferoff & D.Knights The Power of Organizational Song; N.Nissley, S.Taylor & O.Butler On the Manager's Body as an Aesthetics of Control; N.Harding PART 3: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH AESTHETICS AT WORK Introduction; P.Hancock & A.Carr The Barren Landscape: Reading US Corporate Architecture; A.Kersten & R.Gilardi An-aesthetics and Architecture; K.Dale & G.Burrell Aestheticizing the World of Organization; P.Hancock