Journal Review on

A Socio-Economic Theory of
Organizational Culture
- Mahmud A. Shareef, Vinod Kumar and Uma Kumar

BUS 520, Section: 2

Faculty: Mahmud A. Shareef

Background:

Power. The organizational process is grounded on Domination and Control.

Modern organizational relations are based on The outcome is

The Oppression of Employees.

Critical
Theory

Postmodernism

Objective:

- Conceptualizing the historical Aspects of:

- Contrasting & - Identifying rooted conflicts of:

- Developing Organizational Theory of SocioEconomic Culture

Critical Theory & Post modernism

Crititical Theory & Postmodernism:

Critical Theory
- Seeks Human Emancipation and liberates human beings from the circumstances that enslave them.

Postmodernism
- Attempts to create a New Society of Late Modernism, which will be consistent, to describe present Organizational relation. - Evaluates Oppression from The Organizing Structure.

- Examines oppression from Static Organization Relation.

Theory of Socio-Economic Culture

Negates subjective purpose and intention of Postmodernism

Developed in the light of Critical Theory Paradigms constitute the organizational theory of socio-economic cultural aspects in the light and extension of critical theory

Theory of Socio-Economic Culture

The Paradigms
Social identity Instead of Organizational identity Looks at the process of organization from the subjective aspects

Dialectic relations is the product of tensions between the power side and dominated side
Conceptualizes the relations of power and employees from the view point of positivism Examines and evaluates organizational relations from hegemony of power and capital
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Theory of Socio-Economic Culture (cont.)

The Model

Process
Domination and control: foundation of Oppression

Outcome
Productivity: Oppression

Relation
Power: Oppressive

Theory of Socio-Economic Culture (cont.)

Human Emancipation From Organizational Oppression

Theory of Socio-Economic Culture (cont.)

Introduce and Encourage

Conflict

Dialectic Relation

Institutionalization

Theory of Socio-Economic Culture (cont.)

Conflict: resist the one- dimensional power flow in modern organizations.

Dialectic Relation: overcome power relation in modern organization and reform the sociocultural aspects of late capitalism.

Institutionalization: control the superstructure of organizations.

Thank You