Reading fill in the blanks assumptions and prescriptions exercise 8
55. Exercise
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The article subjects the assumptions and prescriptions of the corporate culture literature to ……………………. scrutiny. The body of the article is devoted to teasing out the distinctive basis of its appeal compared with earlier management theory. It is seen to build upon earlier efforts to constitute a self disciplining form of employee subjectivity by asserting that practical autonomy is …………………………. upon the development of a strong corporate culture. The paper illuminates the dark side of this project by…………….. attention to the subjugating and totalitarian implications of its excellence/ quality prescriptions. To this end, parallels are drawn with the philosophy of control ………………….. by the Party in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty four. Specifically the paper critiques the double think contention that autonomy can be realized in monocultural conditions that systematically constrain opportunities to wrestle with competing values standpoints and their associated life projects.
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