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Deficiencies And The Perpetuation Of Power: Latent Functions In Management Appraisal

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Institutionalized procedures for management appraisal are considered to be necessary and appropriate devices which contribute to and are supported by rational‐legal ideologies of organization. The operation of such appraisal systems, however, is frequently regarded as deficient. This article discusses three inter‐related propositions. They are that: 1. the rational‐legal procedures of appraisal systems contradict the social processes by means of which dominant organizational power groups emerge, cohere and are perpetuated; 2. management appraisal systems consequently come to operate in ways which manifestly are consistent with a rational‐legal ideology, but which do not constrain the prerogatives of members of dominant power groups to define reality and manage affairs in their own interests; and that 3. this inconsistency fulfils a latent function of perpetuating deficiency in the operation of management appraisal systems.

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  • Graham Barlow, 1989. "Deficiencies And The Perpetuation Of Power: Latent Functions In Management Appraisal," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(5), pages 499-517, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:26:y:1989:i:5:p:499-517
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1989.tb00741.x
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    5. Mick Marchington & Adrian Wilkinson & Peter Ackers & John Goodman, 1993. "The Influence of Managerial Relations on Waves of Employee Involvement," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 31(4), pages 553-576, December.

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