The Ideology of Managerialism

The term 'managerialism' is widely used not only in the world of business and government and this book details the theory behind the illusive idea of 'managerialism'. It distinguishes between management and managerialism and highlights the two groups pushing managerialism, namely corporate apparatchiks and the apostles of managerialism.

Born on the foothills of Germany's Castle Frankenstein, Thomas Klikauer (MA Boston and Bremen, PhD Warwick) is the author of over 1,000 publications including two books on managerialism. He is a senior lecturer who teaches MBAs and PhDs at Sydney Graduate School of Management at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Introduction 1. Ideology, Profits, and Shareholder Value 2. Ideology, Business, and Hegemony 3. Ideology, Expansion, and Growth 4. Ideology, Neoliberalism, and Free Market Competition 5. Ideology, Morality, and Business Ethics 6. Ideology, Democracy, and the Chain of Command 7. Ideology, Quantification, and the Imperative of Numbers 8. Ideology, Humanisation, and Dehumanisation 9. Ideology, Workers, and Exploitation 10. Ideology, Short-Termism, and Long-Term Planning 11. Ideology, The Environment, and Global Warming 12. Ideology, Individualism, and Homogenisation Conclusion