Anti Stupidity
How Organizations Can Trade Stupidity for Purpose
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2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-06681-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-06681-1 (ISBN)
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This book explores how functional stupidity - uncritical and unreflective thinking within prescribed, constrained ways - is institutionalised and why we should minimise it at workplaces.
How did our organisations become stagnant, and what can be done to revive them? Contemporary societal and organisational noise, extensive bureaucratisation, 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 organisational strategies to combat stupidity, various structures and practices to mobilise support are illuminated.
A provocative and entertaining read, this book will be practically useful reading for all interested in making organisations more effective.
How did our organisations become stagnant, and what can be done to revive them? Contemporary societal and organisational noise, extensive bureaucratisation, 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 organisational strategies to combat stupidity, various structures and practices to mobilise support are illuminated.
A provocative and entertaining read, this book will be practically useful reading for all interested in making organisations more effective.
Mats Alvesson is Professor of organization studies at the University of Bath, UK and is also affiliated with Lund University, Sweden, Stockholm School of Economics and City, University of London, UK. Stella Cizinsky is MD, cardiologist and head of clinics at Örebro University Hospital in Sweden.
1. Introduction
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
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.7.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-06681-3 / 1041066813 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-06681-1 / 9781041066811 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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