Managerialism

Managerialism is the ideological principle on which the economic, social, and political order of advanced industrialized societies is actually based. Society is made up of organizations, corporations, associations, and so forth - not individuals. Social decisions are a consequence of the interactions of the managers of the social units - not the will of the people, the demands of consumers, or the needs of workers. This arises the notion that societies are equivalent to the sum of the transactions made by the managements of organizations.

In defining Managerialism in broad terms, it helps to break into 4 important components:

1. Primary value in economic efficiency, or the pursuit of maximum output with minimum inputs.
2. The second component of the managerial ideology is faith in the tools and techniques of management science and the ability of managers to use those techniques to resolve problems.
3. A class consciousness which serves as a unifying force among managers and which is perpetuated through a common literature and training regimen. This common consciousness places responsibility for organizational well-being squarely on the shoulders of managers and justifies to some degree the reliance on hierarchy and control inherent in bureaucratic structures.
4. Views manager as a moral agent working to achieve the greatest good, not only for their organizations, but for society as a whole.