pation. These four points are how I am going to evaluate his theory.In the first criteria, strategy, Deetz describes the problem to be managerialism, which he defines as “a kind of systematic logic, a set of routine practices, and ideology”. Managers have one thing on their mind: control. Some employees will conform to the ways of their bosses, however some will reform against them. Deetz uses an example of stockholders facing this same type of problem. They are able to hold or sell their shares. He describes stock options to be “golden parachutes” being that quick and short-term growth is the way up the corporate ladder. Managers in the corporate world are driven by one thing: money. But what else makes people work? They are driven to deal with conflict and not to “openly discuss” it. They are coerced to be able to run things smoothly. This makes things seem like managers only care about how the company is ran rather than ethics and personal feelings. The terms “company policy” and “just doing my job” are ways to explain this criteria. For example, in the movie, Roger and Me, the deputy who is ordered to go around to people’s houses and inform them that they are being evicted from their home, describes his doings as “just doing my job”. He avoids conflict in that he gives a reason for what he has to do, whether it is unethical or if it hurts other peoples feelings. Deetz does say that most corporate success is not an effect of managerial control. Control is costly and creates resentment of workers. This first criteria Deetz discusses is probably the way many organizations are dealt with. However, in the current world that we live in, topics such as sexual harassment and sexism can no longer be taken lightly, or should I say can they be included in “company policy”. Many more companies today are using human resource models of managerialism rather t...
