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Capitalism, Social Privilege and Managerial Ideologies
By Ernesto R. Gantman
Copyright 2005
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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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 merely being a succession of fads, Gantman shows how each successive discourse about the organization of work serves to legitimate social interests. The book's compelling conclusion is that instead of a tendency... Read more
Contents: Introduction: ideology and administrative thought; Utopian socialism as administrative ideology; Procapitalist managerial ideologies of the Nineteenth Century in England and the United States; Managerial ideologies and the legitimation of liberal capitalism; Scientific management; The human relations ideology; Systemic rationalism; The legitimating contribution of managerial ideologies to organized capitalism; The new paradigm of management; The world of work under disorganized capitalism; The significance and legitimating contribution of the new paradigm of management; Managerial ideologies in historical perspective; Conclusion: management today; References; Index.
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Ernesto R. Gantman
