P/HR/111. Modern career: bureaucratic control or self-regulation?

The paper seeks to understand the key principles of a modern career looking at control as a basic tool of management. The dilemma between the need to dominate and the need to maximise the creativity of the labour force is discussed. The terms 'bureaucratic control', 'modern career', 'technology of the self', etc. are introduced. With self-regulation defined as the social technology of bureaucracy, the paper contends that a modern career creates a feeling of self worth in line with organisational expectations.