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

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.