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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"economic rationalism"”.
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Work intensification and professionalism : A study of teachers' perceptions in the state school system in Western Australia
… of the Western world of what has become known as economic rationalism, and for some commentators, as economic liberalism. Grounded in neoclassical economic theory, and with close kinship to the Taylorist and Fordist principles of the early decades of the twentieth century, the vision of economic …
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The role of management in the movement towards sustainability: Perceived responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities
… amoral business conduct, and the dominance of economic rationalism within business science. This research provided an analytical review of ESD related literature, concentrating on the history and rise of the ESD paradigm, its ethical underpinnings, and economic implications to management …
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Engaging with change in a post-Bologna teaching university in the Netherlands
… societal trends such as globalization and economic rationalism are impacting on teachers. Changes in the student population, new educational methods derived from shifting perspectives on the role of knowledge and re-structuring of the organizations within which teachers work have also led …
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The policies and discourses of vocational education and training and their impact on the information of teacher's identities
… educational policies are now dominated by economic discourses that point to the need for all educational systems to contribute to economic development, by increasing the knowledge and skill levels of the present and future workforce. The twin discourses of new vocationalism and economic …
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Water as property: the social impact of water reform on agriculturalists in the Murray-Darling Basin New South Wales
… theory in examining water as ‘property’ under economic rationalism policies, it makes an ethnographic contribution to rural sociology as it traces institutional reform in water management in the late twentieth century. The research is influenced by the theoretical concepts of Emile Durkheim on …
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Values in Leadership: Approaches of Victorian Local Government Managers
… of many western countries and is based on economic theories of public choice and agency, which essentially argue that the market is the key sphere of influence that, if it is left to regulate itself without undue government intervention, inevitably brings order and prosperity. The …
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Managerialism as a professionalising catalyst for the front-line practitioner community of New Zealand's Department of Conservation
Since 1984, public service occupations in New Zealand have been subordinated to the over-determined bureaucratic structures of contemporary managerialism. The reactions of front-line public servants to New Management’s unfamiliar ‘market-place’ imperatives and the concomitant loss of occupational …