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This 15 page paper takes a look at this model as enhanced by Foucault. The organization in today's society is evaluated in light of the model originally created by Bentham. Surveillance in the workplace is discussed. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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since the advent of the information age, there have been new positions rendered that only slightly resemble earlier paradigms that emanated from the industrial revolution. Since that early time,
when factory work was paramount, people began to become more and more entrenched in the business and less hands on work had to be done. Over the course of the
past century, the age of management had arisen only to fall back slightly due to corporate downsizing. Still, many people believe that the modern corporation is rather sophisticated and does
not buy into old philosophies that were really meant for the factory. Those are the ones that Karl Marx would criticize a great deal. In postmodern times, there seems to
be a mixture of models. Yes, there is more freedom in some respects, particularly in some sectors and in respect to certain positions, but there are remnants of the old
days and the premonition that Big Brother is watching would clearly emerge with new philosophies from people like Foucault. Foucault drew on Benthams old model of the Panopticon, or of
how prisons should function, and there is oddly some resemblance from that controversial overview and the reality of the modern organization. II. The Panopticon The Panopticon
is an interesting model that had been created to foster the ideal setting for prison life. It was never meant to be anything else, but as one combs through the
literature, one sees that such principles had been applied to other endeavors. The Panopticon which had originally been conceived by Jeremy Bentham is an architectural figure that includes a tower
which is central to an annular building that is divided into cells ("The Panopticon," 2002). Each of the cells extends the entire thickness of buildings, and allows inner
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