Strategy, Perverted Competition and Social Relations

Richard Weiskopf and Bernhard Mark-Ungericht
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Richard Weiskopf: University of Innsbruck, Department of Organization and Leaming, Innsbruck
Bernhard Mark-Ungericht: University of Graz, Department of International Management, Graz

Global Business Review, 2000, vol. 1, issue 2, 193-206

Abstract: In this paper, we argue that competition has to be seen as a cultural phenomenon. In advanced capitalist societies the phenomenon of competition has takeit a specific form, which we call perverted competition. We both problematize this concept and discuss some of the consequences associated with it. We argue that the concept of perverted competition distorts the social relations both within and between organizations in a pervasive way. The challenge of critical thinking in management and organization theory is both to explore the destructive consequences of perverted competition and to engage in a counter discourse which explores the possibilities of constructive relations.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1177/097215090000100203

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