Anti Stupidity

How Organizations Can Trade Stupidity for Purpose
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-06681-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This book explores how functional stupidity – uncritical and unreflective thinking within prescribed, constrained ways – is institutionalized and why we should minimize it in workplaces.

How did our organizations become stagnant, and what can be done to revive them? Contemporary societal and organizational noise, extensive bureaucratization, 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 organizational strategies to combat stupidity, various structures and practices to mobilize support are illuminated.

A provocative and entertaining read, this book will be practically useful reading for anyone interested in making organizations more effective.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alvesson, Mats

Cizinsky, Stella

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Part 1. How Stupidity is Cultivated 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 Part 2. Fighting Functional Stupidity 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

Über Autor(innen)

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath, UK, and is also affiliated with Lund University, Sweden, and City St George's, University of London, UK.

Stella Cizinsky is an MD, cardiologist and head of clinics at Örebro University Hospital, Sweden.