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===As the culmination of 20th century rationalism === | ===As the culmination of 20th century rationalism === | ||
The ultimate expression of modernism. Le Corbusier, [[The Death and Life of Great American Cities|Robert Moses]], {{Br|Seeing | The ultimate expression of modernism. Le Corbusier, [[The Death and Life of Great American Cities|Robert Moses]], {{Br|Seeing Like a State}} and the [[modernist]] [[self-perpetuating autocracy|self-perpetuating autocracies]] of the international capital markets. | ||
[[Formal]] structure is rewarded progressively: it is axiomatic that the further up the formal hierarchy one rises, the more valuable to the organisation you are, and the better remunerated you must be. The irony is that actual revenue generation and customer interaction happens to the bottom of the hierarchy. The interactions necessary to generate product and therefore revenues necessarily cross hierarchical structures. These interactions and relationships are that necessarily informal and are not well monitored or understood by the formal structure. They will typically take place in junior and operational departments. From a formal perspective these personnel are not significant — they are too busy managing client relationships to occupy formal positions in the internal hierarchy — and are therefore usually the first candidates for [[Juniorisation|juniorising]] and offshoring. | [[Formal]] structure is rewarded progressively: it is axiomatic that the further up the formal hierarchy one rises, the more valuable to the organisation you are, and the better remunerated you must be. The irony is that actual revenue generation and customer interaction happens to the bottom of the hierarchy. The interactions necessary to generate product and therefore revenues necessarily cross hierarchical structures. These interactions and relationships are that necessarily informal and are not well monitored or understood by the formal structure. They will typically take place in junior and operational departments. From a formal perspective these personnel are not significant — they are too busy managing client relationships to occupy formal positions in the internal hierarchy — and are therefore usually the first candidates for [[Juniorisation|juniorising]] and offshoring. | ||