Author:
Harris Martin,Wegg‐Prosser Victoria
Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the imputed “fall” and subsequent “reinvention” of the BBC during the 1990s, relating a managerialist “politics of forgetting” to the broader ideological narratives of “the post bureaucratic turn”.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources, combining case study analysis with long‐term historical perspectives on organisational change.FindingsThe paper shows the ways in which public sector professionals contested “post bureaucratic” pressures for marketisation and organisational disaggregation.Originality/valueThe paper shows the ways in which large‐scale technological, regulatory and organisational change was mediated by cultural continuities and recurrent “surges” of managerial control.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management,General Decision Sciences
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