Demeaning, depriving, and isolating the academic subject: A case study of the degradation of professional autonomy

• Published in: Management learning Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 703 - 719
• Main Author: Hartz, Ronald
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2024; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Academic staff; Business schools; Censorship; Degradation; Physics; Political economy; Professional autonomy; Professional Isolation; professional autonomy; higher education; managerialism; Critical Management Studies; Business school

This article explores the dismantling of professional autonomy during a change management programme at a business school in the United Kingdom. The change programme proposed the disinvestment from research in Critical Management Studies (CMS) and Political Economy and resulted in compulsory redundan...