Alignment in organisations : does an interpretative perspective lead to a better understanding of the subject? A suggestion for participative self-organisation as a way to improve alignment

This article discusses the concept of alignment and the different domains in which it is used. The standard functionalist perspective on alignment hampers our understanding of this concept. We therefore put forward a social constructionist approach to conducting research into alignment. Using this as a basis, we substantiate a proposition that by examining the restrictive influence of themes on collective sense-making, the degree of alignment...