Hegemony

Hegemony is the term used for the dominance of one group over another: the dominant and the oppressed. According to the lecture online from Prof. Coopman, hegemony are constructed by both parties as not only that the dominant take advantage of the “power relationship”, but the “oppressed accept and contribute to their oppression”. This concept is real. In organizations, there is always a power hierarchy and that dominant people take advantage and oppressed people just “reify” things and “take things as they are”. This do happen a lot in the workplace as the employees rarely ask questions about the management and its decisions.