The discussed paper delves into the investigation of business planning as a powerful mechanism of control and as a potent pedagogic practice that can alter the work of organizations and their identities. For this reason, using the work of Pierre Bourdieu as the background for their research, the authors state that an enriched view of power is central to different processes within the business world and education. Another critical aim of the article is the examination of the possible pedagogic function business planning can play in various organizations. The authors accept the idea that the discussed issue is not a neutral mechanism of transcription. Instead, it drives change and has a significant impact on firms.
There is also an attempt to utilize the institutional theory to understand how business planning can be used regarding the existing framework as organizations are considered as sets of certain institutionalized practices that can be affected. Having analyzed data from organizations in a certain period of time, the investigators come to the conclusion that business planning can be considered a potent pedagogical tool as it impacts the main elements of companies’ functioning and preconditions the emergence of significant changes that also affect individuals, their knowledge and behaviors. The use of business planning also evidences the power of language for issues such as control as it helps to achieve demanded alterations.