tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post3575143066782995161..comments2024-03-17T00:10:44.022+00:00Comments on From Arse To Elbow: Managerialism and InnovationDavid Timoneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568348438980023320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5312853715123370916.post-78510148575248073472015-07-19T19:41:22.886+01:002015-07-19T19:41:22.886+01:00The belief that for a society or organisation to f...The belief that for a society or organisation to flourish you need managerial overmen or overwomen, who firms must compete to attract, and are paid way to infinity and beyond over the average wage appears to me to be a product of a decline in industry and a risk in financialisation. It would appear to go hand in hand with the structural changes that have taken place over the last 30 or so years.<br /><br />Certainly in the Public sector New Labour introduced this belief in the power of the manager.<br /><br />But, a bit like Ordoliberalism, it really is nothing much new when you consider it is just another way of disciplining workers.<br /><br />I think innovation and technological advancement have been squandered over the last 20 years. We could be working and retiring less but we are in a desperate struggle to avoid a return to Dickensian values. That may not signal a final struggle of capitalism but it seriously suggests a system that has become a fetter not only on production but on the advancement of humanity.<br /><br />For a fetter to become a crisis requires revolutionary actors and so far that hasn't come to the fore in any serious way.Herbie Destroys the Environmentnoreply@blogger.com