Industrially commissioned research need not serve a business ideology of factory harmony.

Evidence

Although the Mannesmann study was hardly designed to give workers an insight into their situation, it in no way reflected a business ideology, such as a point of view focused on producing social harmony within the factory. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 515

Categorization

  • QUESTION: What separates the Mannesmann study from Neuloh’s business-ideology work if both were industry-linked?
  • XREF: connects to: Research commissioned by owners cannot serve workers’ emancipation. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 513; Industrial research data served management interests, not workers’
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Research commissioned by owners cannot serve workers’ emancipation. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 513; Industrial research data served management interests, not workers’

Broader Connections