Book review: What the academy is reading

• Autores: Christine Quinn Trank
• Localización: Academy of management review, ISSN 0363-7425, Vol. 40, Nº 0 (2015 Supplement), 2015, págs. 76-85
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article critiques the television program "The Wire," with a particular emphasis on what can be gleaned from it about management, trade, and society. The authors say the show demonstrates how policing, politics, and education are driven by performance measures, as well as the impact of unintended consequences stemming from seemingly minor managerial decisions. In their view "The Wire" shows how trade is governed by global capitalism. They illustrate these and other observations through examples cited from several of the shows seasons