The metaphor thus provides a useful counterweight to much of
traditional organization theory, which has for the most part ignored values or ideological premises. Most discussions of organization attempt to
be ideologically neutral, often by presenting theories of organization as
theories that can be used to serve many different ends, and by identifying
·questions of business ethics as topics for special and isolated study.
Through such means, it is possible to talk or write about how one can
design a bureaucratic or matrix organization, or create or manage an
organizational culture, or play organizational politics, without paying too
much attention to the way the ideas will be used. The fact that they may
be used to iinprove the production of food or of bombs, and that in
improving the rationality and efficiency of an organization one may be
providing the basis for action that is profoundly irrational for many other
groups of people, is not addressed. One of the major strengths of the domination metaphor is that it forces us to recognize that domination may be
intrinsic to the way we organize and not just an unintended side effect. It
shows us that there is often a "seamy" side to otherwise excellent organizations and suggests that this should be a mainstream concern of man-_
agers and organization theorists
The metaphor thus provides a useful counterweight to much of
traditional organization theory, which has for the most part ignored values or ideological premises. Most discussions of organization attempt to
be ideologically neutral, often by presenting theories of organization as
theories that can be used to serve many different ends, and by identifying
·questions of business ethics as topics for special and isolated study.
Through such means, it is possible to talk or write about how one can
design a bureaucratic or matrix organization, or create or manage an
organizational culture, or play organizational politics, without paying too
much attention to the way the ideas will be used. The fact that they may
be used to iinprove the production of food or of bombs, and that in
improving the rationality and efficiency of an organization one may be
providing the basis for action that is profoundly irrational for many other
groups of people, is not addressed. One of the major strengths of the domination metaphor is that it forces us to recognize that domination may be
intrinsic to the way we organize and not just an unintended side effect. It
shows us that there is often a "seamy" side to otherwise excellent organizations and suggests that this should be a mainstream concern of man-_
agers and organization theorists
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