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Organization Change: Theory and Practice, Second Edition (Foundations for Organizational Science) (2nd Edition) by Wyatt Warner Burke Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 1-4129-2670-X / 141292670X ISBN-13: 978-1-4129-2670-6 / 9781412926706 DIALECTICAL THEORY The basic assumption with dialectical theory is that organizations exist “in a pluralistic world of colliding events, forces, or contradictory values that compete with each other for domination and control” ( Van de Ven & Poole, 1995, p. 517). Organization change occurs as two d |