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liberal technologies of regulation  

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  • Liberal technologies of regulation is a term used to capture particular features of post-Fordist management techniques and organizational forms. They include human relations management, worker empowerment, the enterprising worker, project management, Total Quality Management, devolved budgets, performance appraisal, flat instead of hierarchical management structures, internal organizational markets, contractualism, and the use of audit mechanisms and key performance indicators. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Liberal Technologies of Regulation]

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