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From skimming the article it seems that I can't find the definition of 'managerial' that this article is based on. Can someone enlighten me?

by hanief 10y ago

nerdponx 10y ago
This is the problem with a lot of longform essay writing. It takes so long to get to the point that unless you wholeheartedly agree from the start you end up skimming. This is why the abstract was invented. I didn't read this article because there is no abstract, and the introduction is obtuse. I have better things to do with my time and brainpower
- EliRivers 10y ago
  I upvoted purely because you used the term "abstract", like an adult. Rare form around here.
  - drjesusphd 10y ago
    I don't see that term being abused very much. Is there an endemic of people using the term "abstract" like a child that I'm unaware of?
    - cokernel 10y ago
      I suspect that there is a tendency for people to use the term "tl;dr" when what they're looking for is "abstract". But I don't know if that's what EliRivers had in mind.
- drjesusphd 10y ago
  I agree. This is very frustrating and shows a lack of respect for the reader (not picking on this article, there are many worse examples). I'm not sure it's a necessary part of "longform" medium. One just needs to put their damn point in the first paragraph.
egjerlow 10y ago
I think it might be one of those cases where you're either a) supposed to know what the author has in mind or b) supposed to get a sense of what he has in mind from the article itself. Being a former university employee, I think I know what he means, though without a definition it is of course impossible to know for certain.
stevetrewick 10y ago
I didn't read further than the second paragraph but from the offhand dismissal of economics and public choice theory I imagine it's this one. https://www.opendemocracy.net/kathleen-lynch/'new-managerialism'-in-education-organisational-form-of-neoliberalism https://www.opendemocracy.net/kathleen-lynch/'new-managerial...
iorrus 10y ago
If you actually read the article instead of skimming it would be clear.

From skimming the article it seems that I can't find the definition of 'managerial' that this article is based on. Can someone enlighten me?

by hanief 10y ago

From skimming the article it seems that I can't find the definition of 'managerial' that this article is based on. Can someone enlighten me?

nerdponx 10y ago

This is the problem with a lot of longform essay writing. It takes so long to get to the point that unless you wholeheartedly agree from the start you end up skimming. This is why the abstract was invented. I didn't read this article because there is no abstract, and the introduction is obtuse. I have better things to do with my time and brainpower

EliRivers 10y ago
I upvoted purely because you used the term "abstract", like an adult. Rare form around here.
- drjesusphd 10y ago
  I don't see that term being abused very much. Is there an endemic of people using the term "abstract" like a child that I'm unaware of?
  - cokernel 10y ago
    I suspect that there is a tendency for people to use the term "tl;dr" when what they're looking for is "abstract". But I don't know if that's what EliRivers had in mind.
drjesusphd 10y ago
I agree. This is very frustrating and shows a lack of respect for the reader (not picking on this article, there are many worse examples). I'm not sure it's a necessary part of "longform" medium. One just needs to put their damn point in the first paragraph.

egjerlow 10y ago

I think it might be one of those cases where you're either a) supposed to know what the author has in mind or b) supposed to get a sense of what he has in mind from the article itself. Being a former university employee, I think I know what he means, though without a definition it is of course impossible to know for certain.

stevetrewick 10y ago

I didn't read further than the second paragraph but from the offhand dismissal of economics and public choice theory I imagine it's this one. https://www.opendemocracy.net/kathleen-lynch/'new-managerialism'-in-education-organisational-form-of-neoliberalism https://www.opendemocracy.net/kathleen-lynch/'new-managerial...

iorrus 10y ago

If you actually read the article instead of skimming it would be clear.