Power

Stewart Clegg

Chapter 2.26 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Strategy as Practice, 2025, pp 203-207 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Power is not a possession; it is a relational practice. Power practices flow through circuits of power that become structured according to certain obligatory passage points, nodes through which practices must flow. In institutional terms, these nodes may be framed through rational-legality, through norms, through coercion or any assemblage of these. Organizationally, the circuits of power through which these practices flow may be episodic; for instance, practices of power may be channeled through structured HR processes that perform as standing conditions framing social actions. When flowing through facilitative circuits, normatively framed rules of membership and meaning empower and disempower the ability to perform practices. As they flow through dispositional circuits, power/knowledge relations fix practices of power in relation with other actors and actants as well as with whom and what, these practices may unfold.

Keywords: Power; SAP; Circuits of power; Practice; Organization; Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035315956
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