MGM400H5 Chapter Notes -Michel Crozier
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Players go so far but not too far. There is constant interaction between the system and the actors in the system. This view is distinctively founded on the concept of the power game. An organization is seen as a series of enmeshed power games, an ensemble" of games. The game channels power relationships and enables cooperation"s, reconciling the freedom of those in the organization with the constraints it places upon them. Games are played between groups of partners of many kinds, for example between superiors and subordinates or between departments and sections. The players develop different strategies which govern what they do. While all are free to enjoy whatever advantage can be gained from a strategy rationally designed to serve their interests, the continuance of the organization is necessary for them to be able to play at all.
