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Parker, Martin Against management: Organization in the age of managerialism 2002 Book Organisation and Management Studies, Critical Management Studies Managerialism, Inequality, Business Ethics, Social Reponsibility, Critical Management Studies, Social Theory, Mcbureaucracy, Liberalism, Bureaucracy, Citizenship, Community
Citation Parker, Martin 2002 Book Managerialism Inequality Business Ethics Social Reponsibility Critical Management Studies Social Theory Mcbureaucracy Liberalism Bureaucracy Citizenship Community Organisation and Management Studies Critical Management Studies

Against management: Organization in the age of managerialism

by Parker, Martin (2002)

Abstract

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 managerialism is a global form of ideology, which is being used to justify considerable cruelty and inequality.

Keywords

Managerialism, Inequality, Business Ethics, Social Reponsibility, Critical Management Studies, Social Theory, Mcbureaucracy, Liberalism, Bureaucracy, Citizenship, Community

Themes

Organisation and Management Studies, Critical Management Studies

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