[en] This article proposes a comparative account of the progress of the managerial revolutionin France and Norway over the post-World War Two period. This account is set andframed within theoretical discussions on and around ‘Americanization’. We argue thatin both the French and Norwegian cases the managerial revolution has been closely tiedto a process of Americanization that has had an impact on economic institutions,organizations and philosophy. The process of Americanization has to be contextualizedfor each of those two countries. The nature of the process has also evolved considerablyover time – from 1945 to today. Hence, we propose that the progress of the managerialrevolution in France and Norway could be looked at as a non-linear process, albeit witha deep structural logic.