Capitalism, social privilege, and managerial ideologies / by Ernesto R. Gantman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : ideology and administrative thought -- Utopian socialism as administrative ideology -- Procapitalist managerial ideologies of the nineteenth century in England and the United States -- Managerial ideologies and the legitimation of liberal capitalism -- Scientific management -- The human relations ideology -- Systemic rationalism -- The legitimating contribution of managerial ideologies to organized capitalism -- The new paradigm of management -- The world of work under disorganized capitalism -- The significance and legitimating contribution of the new paradigm of management -- Managerial ideologies in historical perspective.