The triumph of numbers: Knowledges and the mismeasure of management

Administration and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-78

  Hummel, Ralph P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Institute for Applied Phenomenology   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometry; Husserl; Idealization; Information; Knowledge; Management; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645731216     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399705284202     Document Type: Article

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