Journal of Organizational Change Management: Volume 13 Issue 3

Critical theory and the management of change in organizations

Raises the initial problem of what is meant by the term critical theory and discusses some common misconceptions that have arisen about the meaning of this term. The dialectic…

Cultural imperialism: A critical theory of interorganizational change

Current theories of organization tend to discuss the management of change across networks in a grammar of instrumental reason, thereby offering legitimacy to the imperialism that…

Diversity management: Dialogue, dialectics and diversion

This paper uses Habermas’ model of dialogue and the public sphere to provide a critical examination of organizational diversity management. The paper argues that, in spite of the…

Uncovering training resistance: A critical theory perspective

This paper draws on critical theory in an attempt to show how organizational ideologies operate in resistance to change that is engendered by training. In particular, the paper…

Building capacity: Organizational competence and critical theory

Public administration and organization management features numerous references to the development and maturation of individuals within organizations not only as a means of…

Building coalitions in an era of technological change: Virtual manufacturing and the role of unions, employees and management

Information and communication technologies have the capacity to transform organisations into networks of spaces, where information and even physical flows are delocalized to a…

Critical theory and the psychodynamics of change: A note about organizations as therapeutic settings

The critical theory of the Frankfurt School was imbued with a vision that apprehended social milieu as dialectic. Those who wish to adopt a dialectical orientation to their work…

Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework