01108pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245007700058260000900135300001300144520076200157650001500919700001500934773002500949180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHuxham, Chris  aContrary prescriptions: recognizing good practice tensions in management  c2003  ap.69-93.  aThis paper is concerned with rethinking the notion of `good management practice'. It explicates a way of framing management theory in terms of tensions between apparently contradictory pieces of good practice advice. The relevance of this, as a practical conceptualization that could usefully inform managers about the kinds of considerations they might take account of in both their day to day and longer term management thinking, is explored. The emerging theoretical framework is elaborated in terms of some characteristics of, and language about, tensions together with possible levels of use of the concept to inform practice. It is suggested that the use of the approach necessarily implies a view of the user as reflective practitioner. - Reproduced.  aManagement  aBeech, Nic  aOrganization Studies