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One-Dimensional Management Science: The Making of a Technocratic Consciousness

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  • Tony Tinker

    (School of Business and Public Adminstration, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York, New York 10010)

  • Tony Lowe

    (Division of Economic Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield 510 2TN, England)

Abstract

Management science has lost much of the vitality and vision it had a decade ago. It languishes in a morass of technical specialization; it lacks overall coherence, and direction. The departmental structure of Management Science and the college structure of TIMS reflect a one-dimensional view: the literature elevates a “technocratic rationality” and neglects “social rationality.” A revitalized two-dimensional management science is proposed.

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  • Tony Tinker & Tony Lowe, 1984. "One-Dimensional Management Science: The Making of a Technocratic Consciousness," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 14(2), pages 40-56, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:14:y:1984:i:2:p:40-56
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.14.2.40
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