ABSTRACT
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. The rise of managerialism in the scientific workplace is one difficult development and is widely documented in recent books and in regular articles in, for example, the Times Higher Educational Supplement. Finlay MacRitchie documents the rise of managerialism in the Australian CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, which is the federal government agency for scientific research in Australia. Managerialism is a belief in the value of professional managers and the concepts and methods they use. It is associated with hierarchy, accountability and measurement, and a belief in the importance of tightly managed organizations, as opposed to individuals, or groups that do not resemble an organization. Harnessing science via government-funded projects to the good of society has created a focus on the progress achieved with the funds provided by the taxpayer.
