Transforming Managers Engendering Change in the Public Sector

In the 1990s, considerable changes in the political and social world have impacted on the character of both public and private organizations. At a time of increased uncertainty and insecurity in these organizations, new ways of managing and being managed have emerged. Recognising that organizational life is part reflective and determined by dominant social discourses, factors of gender will inevitably be central to the dynamics of organizational change. This book addresses theoretical ideas and mythologies in the examination of gendered organizations. The need to examine men in relation to family, law and society in general is growing, and this book extends this interrogation to work and organizational life. It will be of interest to students in management studies, public sector management and those involved in public policy making as well as students and academics within gender studies and sociology.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Stephen Whitehead, Roy Moodley; Part I Women in the management arena; Chapter 2 New women, new Labour? Gendered transformations in the House, Stephen Whitehead; Chapter 3 The under-representation of women managers in higher education, Diane Meehan; Chapter 4 Rhetoric versus reality, Lesley Thom; Chapter 5 Power and resistance in the academy, Deem Rosemary; Chapter 6 How does it feel? Women managers, embodiment and changing public-sector cultures, Joanna Brewis; Chapter 7 In the company of men, Jenny Ozga, Lynne Walker; Part II Unmasking men and management; Chapter 8 Men, managers and management, Jeff Hearn; Chapter 9 Intermanagerial rivalries, organizational restructuring and the transformation of management masculinities, Stella Maile; Chapter 10 A personal encounter, John Clark; Chapter 11 The organization of intimacy, Deborah Kerfoot; Chapter 12 “Man” management, Deborah Kerfoot, David Knights; Chapter 13 Masculine/managerial masks and the “other” subject, Roy Moodley;

Stephen Whitehead Keele University, Roy Moodley Sheffield University