2 Relationship power dynamics as a focus of scientific research and an area for business practice implications
2.1 Advancing the study of power dynamics in business relationships: introducing a power dynamics canvas and narrative approach
2.1.1 Introduction
Burrell and Morgan (1979) presented their classic division of sociological paradigms along the dimensions of subjective-objective and stability-change. The former refers to assumptions on human nature, ontology, epistemology and methodology, and the latter to assumptions on the nature of society/organisation. These dimensions provide a matrix of four archetypes of sociological paradigms; “radical humanist”, “radical structuralist”, “interpretive” and “functionalist”. ...
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