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Managerial Discourse and the Restructuring of a District Authority
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In this paper, a case study of a district authority highlights the complex nature of managerial discourse in its relations to both central and local government, and concludes that due to the structural constraints under which local authorities operate directly managerial discourse is becoming increasingly significant in the reconstitution of professional and semi-professional identities.Abstract:
This paper arises out of continuing debates on the class position of managers and professionals in the context of public sector restructuring. Recently, attention has been focused on the self-sustaining and autonomous character of ‘professionalism’ in organisational dynamics. Such an approach underplays the cultural significance of managerial discourse as this is active in the reconstitution of professional work. In a case study of a district authority it is possible to highlight the complex nature of managerial discourse in its relations to both central and local government. This relation is above all mediated by shifting conceptions of public service on the part of managers and those in non-managerial positions. The paper concludes that due to the structural constraints under which local authorities operate directly managerial discourse is becoming increasingly significant in the reconstitution of professional and semi-professional identities.read more
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Enterprise Discourse, Professional Identity and the Organizational Control of Hospital Clinicians
TL;DR: The possibility that power effects of discourses associated with such neo-liberal programmes of reform could influence the subjectivity of hospital clinicians, aligning their clinical behaviour with the broader goals of the governmental programme is considered.
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New Public Management et professions dans l’État : au-delà des oppositions, quelles recompositions ?
Philippe Bezes,Didier Demazière,Thomas Le Bianic,Catherine Paradeise,Romuald Normand,Daniel Benamouzig,Frédéric Pierru,Julia Evetts +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the tension entre NPM and professions and explore ainsi les declinaisons des tensions entre nomenclature et professionnalisme.
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‘Making up’ managers the case of NHS nurses
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use role analysis as an analytical framework to study nurses who are middle managers, i.e. ward and unit managers, and find that nurses enthusiastically embrace many aspects of the management role but remain suspicious of, and distance themselves from, a management philosophy that emphasizes entrepreneurial activity.
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'Boys own’ stuff: masculinity and the management of further education
TL;DR: The connections between men, masculinity and management remain understated if not largely concealed, despite a critical spotlight being increasingly cast on masculinity by many academic and other women as discussed by the authors, despite the fact that men, men, and management are linked in many ways.
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New public management and professionals in the public sector
Philippe Bezes,Didier Demazière,Thomas Le Bianic,Catherine Paradeise,Romuald Normand,Daniel Benamouzig,Frédéric Pierru,Julia Evetts +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the different forms of tension existing between professional groups and New Public Management (NPM) principles and argue that the opposition between NPM and certain professional groups is not the last word in the debate.
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