Dismantling the Invisible Rules of Management: The Debate
From ActiveMinimalist by ActiveMinimalist
June 8, 2026 · 22 min
About this episode
This episode explores Critical Management Studies and challenges the assumptions of modern management, focusing on social and environmental impacts of business decisions.
Are the primary goals of organizations really just profit, efficiency, and growth? In this episode, we explore the world of Critical Management Studies (CMS)—an approach that challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern management and invites us to see what often hides behind the productivity jargon. From invisible power relations to organizational practices that can reinforce social inequality, CMS offers a more critical way of thinking about the world of work. We discuss how leaders and employees can develop reflexivity, question their own biases, and evaluate the social and environmental impacts of everyday business decisions. More than just theory, this episode invites you to imagine organizations that are not only effective, but also just, humane, and sustainable. Because perhaps the most important question in management is not “How do we produce more?” but “For whom, by what means, and with what consequences?”
People in this episode
Host: ActiveMinimalist
Topics covered
- management
- Critical Management Studies
- organizational practices
- social inequality
- reflexivity
- business ethics
Keywords
- management
- profit
- efficiency
- growth
- social inequality
- organizational practices
- reflexivity
- business decisions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Critical Management Studies
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