Barley and Kunda (1992) show how different management concepts and school formations are legitimized by different ideologies (in the symbolic framework). Which of the following claims does NOT describe Barley and Kunda's model?
A) Management ideals alternate over time between two recurring ideals/ideologies.
B) Management ideals have gradually evolved from being legitimized by mainly violence, then by tradition and most recently by rationality.
C) Management ideals are legitimized by faith in rational systems and/or by faith in social human beings.
D) The model describes managerial discourses, i.e. how organization and management is described rather than how it is actually conducted.

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Barley and Kunda's model does not claim that management ideals have evolved from being legitimized by mainly violence, then by tradition and most recently by rationality. Instead, they argue that different management ideals are legitimized by different ideologies, without specifying a specific evolution over time.

Barley and Kunda (1992) Show How Different Management Concepts and School