The Madness and Malady of Managerialism
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Abstract
Very recently several admirable and insightful publications have appeared in scholarly and intellectual forums dealing with the follies and evils in Australian universities brought about by their corporatisation over the past fifteen or so years. Corporatisation, as it has been applied to the universities, essentially comprises commercialisation and managerialism. Together they have totally re-oriented our tertiary education institutions. While the one has effectively provided them with a new imperative (income) the other has given them the means of achieving it (obedience). Here it is proposed to summarise three such publications and go on not so much to criticise as to complement them.