"The Scourge of Managerialism" - Generic Management, the Manager's Coup D'Etat, Mission-Hostile Management Rolled Up, as Described by Some Men from Down Under

I just found an important article that in the June, 2015 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia(1) that sums up many of ways the leadership of medical (and most other organizations) have gone wrong.  It provides a clear, organized summary of "managerialism" in health care, which roughly rolls up what we have called generic management, the manager's coup d'etat, and aspects of mission-hostile management into a very troubling but coherent package.  I will summarize the main points, giving relevant quotes.Recent Developments in Business Management Dogma Have Gravely Affected Health CareMany health practitioners will consider the theory of business management to be of obscure relevance to clinical practice. They might therefore be surprised to learn that the changes that have occurred in this discipline over recent years have driven a fundamental revolution that has already transformed their daily lives, arguably in perverse and harmful ways. These Changes Have Been Largely Anechoicthese changes have by and large been introduced insidiously, with little public debate, under the guise of unquestioned 'best practice'.See our previous discussions of the anechoic effect, how discussion of facts and ideas that threaten what we can now call the managerialist power structure of health care are not considered appropriate for polite conversation, or public discussion Businesses are Now Run by Professional Managers, Not OwnersThe traditional control by business owners in Europ...

Source: Health Care Renewal - October 20, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: economism generic managers global health managerialism ' coup d etat market fundamentalism Medical Journal of Australia neoliberalism Source Type: blogs