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Organization always hinges on the creation of shared meanings and shared understandings, because there have to be common reference points if people are to shape an align their activities in an organized way.

— Gareth Morgan Images of Organization (1986)

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Imaginization is about improving our abilities to see and understand situations in new ways.

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The organization as a coalition of diverse stakeholders is a coalition with multiple goals.

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An organization has no presence beyond that of the people who bring it to life.

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Dialectical analysis thus shows us that the management of organization, of society, and of personal life ultimately involves the management of contradiction.

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Power is the medium through which conflicts of interest are ultimately resolved. Power influences who gets what, when, and how.

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