ORGANIZATIONAL POLITICS AND
THE RADICALIZED ORGANIZATION
The idea that organizations use and exploit
their employees thus commands a great deal of support and accounts
for important attitudes, beliefs, and practices in many organizations. In
Chapter 6 we referred to the "radical frame of reference" built on the
principle that organizations are class-based phenomena characterized by
deep-rooted divisions between the interests of capital and labor (see
Exhibit 6.6 and related discussion). The ideas discussed in this chapter
help make the rationale of this perspective clearer