About the Editors

Thomas Diefenbach is associate professor of business ethics at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), Beppu, Japan. In his research, Thomas investigates primarily the problematic existence and relationships of individuals within all types of organisations, different forms of organisations and the fundamental principles of past, present and future organisations and societies. Thomas is particularly interested in identifying and investigating non-hierarchical structures and processes as well as alternative forms of management, organisations and societies. In his latest monograph Management and the Dominance of Managers (2009) he developed a comprehensive and multi-dimensional model for critically investigating managers' power, interests and ideology within an organisational context. In another monograph on Hierarchy – The Eternal Beast (2012, forthcoming) he tries to develop a ‘General Theory of the Persistence of Hierarchical Social Order’.