Burawoy labor process theory - manufacturing consent

(Advanced power framework) Much like Acker's and Michels' theories, Burawoy is critical of the way certain organizations are structured. While Michels focuses on the higher parts of the organizational structure (senior managers), Burawoy focuses on the lower parts, the workers. He believes companies are able to exert power over their employees because the employees have accepted the capitalistic order which rules over them. By splitting employees up from collectives to individual people and assessing them personally, through for example incentive-based pay, the workers give up their influence.