Manufacturing Rationality - The Engineering Foundations of the Managerial Revolution (Paperback, Revised)

Management is a powerful mode of thought and code of conduct in the modern world, closely associated with the American way and a natural extension of economic progress. This is a book about the history and development of management and managerial rationality in the United States in the nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentieth century. Through careful analysis of contemporary records in the engineering profession, the author shows how management invented itself and carved its own domain in the face of hostility and resistance from both manufacturers and workers. The book demonstrates how the new language and rhetoric of management emerged, and how it confronted and replaced the language of traditional capitalism: 'system' instead of 'individuals'; 'jobs' instead of 'natural rights'; 'planning' instead of 'free initiatives'. Manufacturing Rationality can be read simultaneously as an historical account of the genesis of modern management, a chapter in the history of American capitalism, a critical analysis of industrial engineering, and as a sociology of (managerial) knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2001
First published:	May 2002
Authors:	Yehouda Shenhav (Associate Professor of Sociology)
Dimensions:	234 x 157 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-925000-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-19-925000-6
Barcode:	9780199250004

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