School of Management

Professor Martin Parker

Professor of Organisation and Culture
Director of Research, and Deputy Head of School

Telephone: +44 (0) 116 252 5183
Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 5515
Email: m.parker@le.ac.uk

Office: Room 328, Ken Edwards Building.
Office Hours: See office door.

Brief Biography

I joined Leicester in 2003, having previously taught in further education and then holding posts at the Universities of Staffordshire (in sociology) and Keele (in management). My first degree is in anthropology (Sussex 1984), and my MA and PhD are in sociology (London 1988, Staffordshire 1995). I am Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Organization' (http://org.sagepub.com).

Research Interests

My interests are fairly wide ranging. I have written about ethics, politics and utopias; social and organisational theory; higher education; the culture of organisations; and various aspects of the representation of organisations in contemporary culture. At the moment, I am particularly keen on thinking about non-managerial organising, and developing what might be called a 'cultural studies' of organisations.

Recent and Forthcoming Publications

Books

Authored

Parker, M, Fournier, V and Reedy, P (2007) The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization. London: Zed Books. [1-84277-333-8] pp338.

Jones, C, Parker, M and ten Bos, R (2005) For Business Ethics. London: Routledge. [0-415-31135-7] pp210. (Dutch translation. ten Bos, R, Jones, C, Parker, M (2006) Bedrijfsethiek. Een Filosofische Inleiding. Zaltbommel: Thema.)

Parker, M (2002) Against Management: Organisation in the Age of Managerialism. Cambridge: Polity. [0-7456-2926-1] pp250.

Parker, M (2000) Organisational Culture and Identity: Unity and Division at Work. London: Sage. [0-7619-5243-X] pp266.

Edited

Bell, D and Parker, M (eds) (2009) Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism. Oxford: Blackwell [978-1-4051-9332-0] pp223.

Parker, M (ed) (2002) Utopia and Organisation. Oxford: Blackwell. [1-4051-0072-9] pp233.

Parish, J and Parker, M (eds) (2001) The Age of Anxiety: Conspiracy Theory and the Human Sciences. Oxford: Blackwell. [0-631-23168-4] pp216.

Smith, W, Higgins, M, Parker, M and Lightfoot, G (eds) (2001) Science Fiction and Organisation. London: Routledge. [0415215889] pp227.

Jary, D and Parker, M (eds) (1998), The New Higher Education: Issues and Directions for the Post-Dearing University. Stoke-on-Trent: Staffordshire University Press. [1-897898-34-7] pp360.

Parker, M (ed) (1998) Ethics and Organisation. London: Sage. [0-8039-7496-5] pp303.

Hassard, J and Parker, M (eds) (1994), Towards a New Theory of Organisations. London: Routledge. [0-415-09539-5] pp347.

Hassard, J and Parker, M (eds) (1993), Postmodernism and Organisations. London: Sage. [0-8039-8880-X] pp240.

Articles (last five years)

Parker, M (2009) 'Pirates, Merchants and Anarchists: Representations of International Business', Management and Organizational History [1744 9359] 4/2: 167-185.

Bunzel, D and Parker, M (2009) 'Serving 'The Guest': Günther Anders at the Grand Seaside Hotel', Marketing Theory [1470-5931] 9/1: 55-74.

Bell, D and Parker, M (2009) 'Organizing the Space Age', Management and Organizational History [1744 9359] 4/3: 227-28.

Parker, M (2009) 'Space Age Management', Management and Organizational History [1744 9359] 4/3: 317-332.

Parker, M (2009) 'Angelic Organization: Hierarchy and the Tyranny of Heaven', Organization Studies [0170-8406], 30/11: 1281-1299.

Parker, M (2008) 'Memories of the Space Age: From Apollo to Cyberspace' Information, Communication and Society [1349-118X] 11/6: 846-860.

Pearson, G and Parker M (2008) 'Management or Organizing? A Dialogue.' Business and Society Review [0045-3609] 113/1: 43-61.

Parker, M (2008) 'Eating with the Mafia: Belonging and Violence' Human Relations [0018-7267] 61/7: 989-1106.

Rhodes, C and Parker, M (2008) 'Images of Organizing in Popular Culture' Organization [1350-5084] 15/5: 627-637.

Dunne, S, Harney, S and Parker, M (2008) 'The Responsibilities of Management Intellectuals: A Survey' Organization [1350-5084] 15/2: 271-282.

Davis, P and Parker, M (2007) 'Co-operatives, Labour and the State: The English Labour Economists Revisited' Review of Radical Political Economy [0486-6134] 39/4: 523-542.

Parker, M (2007) 'Organization: Skyscrapers and Multitudes' Critical Perspectives on International Business [1742-2043] 3/3: 220-225.

Parker, M (2007) 'As Far as the Eye Can See'. Critical Perspectives on International Business [1742-2043] 3/2: 182-184.

Parker, M (2006) 'Stockholm Syndrome' Management Learning [1350-5076] 37/1: 39-41.

Jones, C, Parker, M and ten Bos, R (2006) 'Response to Rhodes' Organization Studies [0170-8406] 27/2: 308-311.

Parker, M (2006) 'The Counter Culture of Organisation: Towards a Cultural Studies of Representations of Work' Consumption, Markets and Culture [1025-3866] 9/1: 1-15.

Gantman, E and Parker, M (2006) 'Comprador Management? Organising Management Knowledge in Argentina (1975-2003)' Critical Perspectives on International Business [1742-2043] 2/1: 25-40.

Parker, M (2005) 'Organisational Gothic' Culture and Organization [1475-9551] 11/3: 153-166.

Parker, M and Pearson, G (2005) 'Capitalism and its Regulation: A Dialogue on Business and Ethics' Journal of Business Ethics [0167-4544] 60/1: 91-101.

Crane, A, Driver, C, Kaler, J, Parker, M and Parkinson, J (2005) 'Stakeholder Democracy: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary View' Business Ethics: An European Review [0962-8770] 14/1: 67-75.

Parker, M (2004) 'Becoming Manager' Management Learning [1350-5076] 35/1: 45-59.

Parker, M (2003) 'Ethics, Politics and Organising', Organisation [1350-5084] 10/2: 187-203.

Chapters in Edited Collections (last five years)

Parker, M (2009) 'Managerialism and its Discontents' In The Sage Handbook of Organizational Behaviour: Volume II. Macro Approaches. (Eds S Clegg and C Cooper) London: Sage [978-1-4129-3427-5] pp85-98.

Parker, M and Bell, D (2009) 'Introduction: Making Space' In Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism (eds D Bell and M Parker). Oxford: Blackwell [978-1-4051-1933-20] pp1-5.

Parker, M (2009) 'Capitalists in Space' In Space Travel and Culture: From Apollo to Space Tourism (eds D Bell and M Parker). Oxford: Blackwell [978-1-4051-1933-20] pp83-97.

Parker, M (2008) 'Heroic Villains: The Badlands of Economy and Organization' In Organizational Epics and Sagas: Tales of Organizations, (Ed M Kostera) London: Palgrave [0-230-51577-0] pp105-117.

Parker, M (2008) 'Schools for Organizing' In Handbook of New Approaches to Management and Organization (Eds D Barry and H Hansen) London: Sage [978-1-4129-1218-1] pp 213-4.

Parker, M (2008) 'Identification: Organizations and Structuralisms.' In Researching Identity: Concepts and Methods (Eds A Linstead, N Beech, and D Sims) London: Palgrave. [978-1-4039-8983-3] pp61-82.

Parker, M (2007) 'Modernism' and 'Utopia' In International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies (Eds S Clegg and J Bailey) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. [9781412915151].

Parker, M (2007) 'After the Space Age: Science, Fiction and Possibility' In SciFi in the Mind's Eye: Reading Science Through Science Fiction (Ed M Grebowicz) Chicago: Open Court. [0-8126-9630-1] pp275-288.

Parker, M (2007) ''Have It Your Way®': Resources, Citizens and the Culture of Deceit'. In Searching for the H in Human Resource Management (Eds S Bolton and M Houlihan) London: Palgrave [978-0-230-01935-5] pp137-153.

Parker, M (2007) 'The Little Book of Management Bollocks and the Culture of Organisation' In Humour, Organization and Work (Eds R Westwood and C Rhodes) London: Routledge [978-0-415-38413-1] pp77-91.

Parker, M (2006) 'Foreword: Reflecting Management' In Management Ethics in Contemporary Contexts (Eds S Clegg and C Rhodes) London: Routledge. [0415393361] ppx-xii.

Dicke, W, van Duifhuizen, R and Parker, M (2005) '"Thou Shalt Not Obey Me!": The Dynamic Ambiguity in Narratives on Hierarchy.' In Knowledge Management and Narratives: Organizational Effectiveness Through Storytelling (Eds G Schreyögg and J Koch) Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. [3-503-09029-0] pp273-288.

Parker, M (2005) 'Fucking'. In Organize! Manifestos for the Business School of Tomorrow (Ed C Jones and D O'Doherty) Finland: Dvalin. [952-91-8907-9] pp45-50.

Parker, M (2004) 'Structure, Culture and Anarchy: Ordering the NHS'. In Unmasking Health Management (Eds M Learmouth and N Harding) Hauppage, NY: Nova Science [1-59033-979-7] pp171-185.

Parker, M (2003) 'Corporations' In Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Enyclopedia (Ed P Knight) Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio [1-57607-812-4] pp203-207.

Parker, M (2003) 'Business, Ethics and Business Ethics: Critical Theory and Negative Dialectics' In Studying Management Critically (Eds M Alvesson and H Willmott) London: Sage [0-7619-6737-0] pp197-219.