Chapter 1. Introducing the Language of Managerialism -- Chapter 2. Models of Managerialism -- Chapter 3. Twelve Language Areas of Managerialism -- Chapter 4. The Language of Managerialism and its Infiltration of the Lifeworld -- Chapter 5. Business Schools and the Language of Managerialism --...

The author was appointed Chief Executive of a traditional insurance company with the task of waking the organisation from its lethargy and helping it to grow. It proved difficult to overcome corporate inertia. Management style and behaviour needed radical alteration and a programme called...

The focus of this article is centred on two main ideas: persuading management students to study philosophy, and convincing them that a study of philosophy could be relevant for them in a business environment underscored by uncertainty. Three approaches were considered, an historical approach, an...

Presents some of the findings from a five‐year international study into corporate renewal, learning and transformation programmes. Emerging network and virtual models of organization are making new demands on managers, and placing new issues such as network security, the protection of...

The Total Quality Management Process (TQMP) is outlined as a development from the original concept of Improving Quality Management Process. The model outlines how to promote more guidance and direction to the organisation involved in a quality transformation effort, the role of the steering...

Public concern regarding the United States′ competitive dilemma has forced both private‐and public‐sector organisations to critically re‐examine traditional accepted managerial techniques. This article presents a preliminary plan for implementing the managerial philosophy of Dr W....