This chapter addresses growing concerns that, despite being a radically intentioned community, Critical Management Studies (CMS) lacks an orientation to achieve pragmatic change. In response I argue that the failure to address the continuing marginalisation of the subaltern is key to CMS being...

1. The discourses of capitalism -- 2. Ideology, common sense, and hegemony -- 3. Discourse itineraries of economic representations -- 4. Common-sense beliefs : "The only system that ever does work" -- 5. Hegemonic discourses of capitalism : "Nothing is perfect" -- 6. Counter-hegemonic discourses...

The article develops a model which conceptualizes headquarter-subsidiary relations in the multinational corporation as a multilevel discursive struggle between key managers. At the first level, the relations are conceptualized as a discursive struggle over decisions and actions using...