ABSTRACT
Many of the recommendations made by the theorists and gurus of the new paradigm are based on lessons learned from the application of the latest administrative practices in real companies. Some opinions of the new paradigm theorists seem at first glance supported by empirical reality. The anomalies between the new paradigm’s prescriptions and the empirical world are even more surprising in the case of large enterprises, which tend to be precisely the first to adopt the newest management theories. A connection would seem to exist between the exacerbation of consumption under disorganized capitalism and elements of the new paradigm of management that put the accent on teamwork and groups more emphatically than the human relations ideology. Two aspects are particularly important when analyzing the relationship between managerial ideologies and disorganized capitalism: the new cultural climate, the so-called postmodernism, and the changes in the patterns of social stratification in core Western countries.
