The aim of this paper is to questioning whether the Actor-Network Theory would be, in fact, unable to contribute to the critical analyses in organizational studies. We discussed, then, the main characteristics of Critical Management Studies and its development in the Brazilian context. We also present some of the initial concepts of the ANT, which was subject to criticism by naturalizing organizations, transmitting the idea that the ordering process is static and can be understood in a mechanical way, and neglecting the political stance in its analyses. As a way to overcome such limitations, that would make difficult to position ANT as a critical approach, we discuss the new developments of this approach, known as ANT and After, which redefined some of its main concepts, enabling the use of it as a critical analytical "tool" to organizations. We conclude that many of the criticism intended for ANT, regarded to its uncritical and non-reflective character, are no longer appropriate, because of the new developments emerged from the ANT and After.
critical management studies; actor-network theory; post-structuralism