The term 'managerialism'has been widely used but theoretical publications on
managerialism remain rare while theory development continues to be insufficient. This …

This text argues that management is increasingly being seen as a problem, and not a
solution. Martin Parker argues that managing is not the only way to organize and that …

In the 1950s Peter Drucker (1954, p. 1) declared that management would 'remain a basic
and dominant institution perhaps as long as Western Civilization itself survives'. 1 By the …

Originally published in 2005. This book analyzes the evolution of administrative thought from
the nineteenth century to the present, considering it as ideological discourse. Rather than …

The debate around growing inequality is raging amongst economists, and Marxists are
finding new ways to map-out the modern economy. Managerial Capitalism introduces a new …

First published in 1997, this volume asks: when was 'The Postmodern'in the History of
Management Thought? Marta B. Calás and Linda Smircich have chosen this subtitle as …

Critical management studies scholars occupy a tenuous pos/tlOn in business schools. Their
location and intellectual trajectory needs to be understood in the political context of the …

Managerialism combines management knowledge and ideology to establish itself
systematically in organizations and society while depriving owners, employees …

A key feature of recent debates within the sociology of organizations has been the
tremendous wealth of criticism levelled at the concept and practice of'bureaucracy'. Indeed …

In a paper titled 'Design and Devotion'published in 1992 in Administrative Science Quarterly,
Barley and Kunda examined the historical evolution of managerial ideology in the United …