Generic questions and strengths and weaknesses of power framework

(Advanced power framework) Unlike the HR and structural framework, the power framework does not offer any explanation for what the optimal organization looks like. Rather, it answers many IS-questions, giving us descriptive tools for analyzing structures. It does however not suggest what we should do or how we should act. Strengths of power framework: It is a criticism of the HR and structural frameworks, which are both normative in describing what an organization should look like. It criticises the extensive formal-rationality of the structural framework, and the conflict-free world of the HR framework. Weaknesses of power framework: The power framework has many logical inconsistencies. Sometimes the individual is described as a cold and calculating person who exerts power to gain influence, while she other times is described as a victim of societal structures. The HR framework can be said to be idealistic in its view of human beings wanting to be intrinsically motivated. In the same way, the power framework can be said to be cynical in its assumptions of people being power-driven.