First of all, quality ZHP ๐งต - go give it a read.
But I disagree with this particular item.
"Managerialism" creeps up in organizations when they grow large enough and self-sustaining enough to support competition on grounds other than "benefits the org" for position in the org.
But I disagree with this particular item.
"Managerialism" creeps up in organizations when they grow large enough and self-sustaining enough to support competition on grounds other than "benefits the org" for position in the org.
No one says start-ups are managerial - the word-feel for "managerialist" is inside politics in established business.
Once a company enters a phase where there are established ways of making profit and the income is rolling in then capturing that flow becomes a contest.
Once a company enters a phase where there are established ways of making profit and the income is rolling in then capturing that flow becomes a contest.
Every contest that men fight is limited in nature and has rules - even literal actual war which puts artillery and explosives on the table as far as options.
In order to fight a limited war the men involved need to have some common beliefs.
In order to fight a limited war the men involved need to have some common beliefs.
"We all believe in bushido"
"We all believe in 'managerialism'"
"We all believe in communism"
all serve as that common ethical framework that let men resolve disputes and let enterprises function (some work better than others).
"We all believe in 'managerialism'"
"We all believe in communism"
all serve as that common ethical framework that let men resolve disputes and let enterprises function (some work better than others).
Content-wise "managerialism" is a whole set of vaguely defined beliefs about "best practices" and "let the data speak", etc.
It's a language and a game and an ideology.
It's a language and a game and an ideology.
When managerialists have disputes they always take a single form - "I am the living embodiment of best practices and so my way of doing things should be silently agreed upon in committee meetings".
Managerialism is averse to personal authority and implants that aversion.
Managerialism is averse to personal authority and implants that aversion.
Yarvin says "if you bought a phone or saw a movie or had a meal you experienced the output of a monarch" but not necessarily - it takes exceptional skill as a king to be able to act as a king over a modern organization because it will be staffed by ideological managerialists.
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