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100			_aHuxham, Chris
245			_aContrary prescriptions: recognizing good practice tensions in management
260			_c2003
300			_ap.69-93.
520			_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.
650			_aManagement
700			_aBeech, Nic
773			_aOrganization Studies
909			_a56663
999			_c56663 _d56663