ABSTRACT
Following on from the previous chapter which discussed the importance of postmodern ideas about ‘discourse’, this chapter considers two more alternative ‘critical’ perspectives, namely ‘labour process theory’ and ‘critical management studies’. Before going on to ask important questions about what would be an appropriate culture and structure for youth work management. It continues to suggest that practitioners and managers alike reflect on the persuasive and pervasive discourse of efficiency and effectiveness which is being promoted, and ask how far contemporary accounts of leading and managing support the values and principles which underpin youth work.
