Faith of the Managers: When Management Becomes Religion
By (Author) Stephen Pattison
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Geoffrey Chapman
11th January 1997
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Christianity
Business ethics and social responsibility
261.85
Paperback
188
300g
Arguing that managers have become the cultural heroes of our time, this book looks at the values, assumptions, beliefs and practices they espouse. It maintains that managerialism is a form of religious faith, and that the gurus of managerialism draw upon the utopian language of religion. The author believes that managers would do well to apply to their own faith some of the critical spirit theologians have applied to Christian beliefs.
Stephen Pattison is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Welfare at The Open University. He has been an ethicist, a management specialist, and a theologian.