Download or read book Chester I. Barnard and the Guardians of the Managerial State written by William G. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first critical analysis of Chester Barnard's ideology - an ideology that is now fundamental to the orthodox beliefs of the modern managerial class. Over fifty years in his path-breaking Functions of the Executive, Barnard wrote about the moral authority of the corporate executive elite to govern the emerging managerial state. Scott reexamines Barnard's influential arguments in the light of changing times. -- book jacket.