Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960419070254.24866A-100000@fox.ksu.ksu.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 07:06:51 -0500 From: kerry miller <mailto:astingsh@KSU.KSU.EDU> Subject: ENQ: History of managerialism To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Gentle people:The modern push towards 'information' and away from 'experience' as well as the earlier rise of statistical analysis both serve to redirect the value of knowledge - from that of one who knows 'what to do' to the one who wants to know 'what is being done.'
Can someone who knows the history of such things tell me if there was there a societal need for the latter type which drove the information technologies, or does the rise of managerialism merely reflect the utilization of tools which were at hand?
kerry miller mailto:astingsh@ksu.ksu.edu