Five types of dialectic change processes are compared in the context of a Cadburys case study. The strategic change literature has recognized one type of dialectic process that it inaccurately refers to as Hegelian. Different dialectic processes often can operate simultaneously. Managers can make some choices about which processes to cocreate or work with. Effective intervention, participation, and change can depend on which types of dialectic processes managers choose to work or cocreate with.
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