Language and communication at work : discourse, narrativity, and organizing / edited by François Cooren [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooren, François, editor.

Series:

Perspectives on process organization studies ; Volume 4.

Perspectives on Process Organization Studies ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in organizations--Data processing.

Communication in organizations.

Organizational behavior--Case studies.

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines language and communication as an inherent part of on-going organisational processes. It explores language and communication as constitutive of work; analyses how they actually 'work'; and examines their role as part of strategic and institutional work in and around organisational phenomena.

Contents:

Cover; Language and Communication at Work: Discourse, Narrativity, and Organizing; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Reviewers Listed Alphabetically; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Series Editorial Structure; Editors-in-Chief; Advisory Board; Editorial Officer and Process Organization Studies Symposium Administrator; Endorsements; 1: Language and Communication at Work: Discourse, Narrativity, and Organizing Introducing the Fourth Volume of "Perspectives on Process Organization Studies"; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Language and communication at work

1.3 An overview of the chapters1.4 Constitution, language use, timing/spacing and methodologies; 1.4.1 Communication as constitutive of organizations; 1.4.2 Practices of language use; 1.4.3 Communication as timing and spacing; 1.4.4 Epistemological and methodological reflections; 1.5 Theoretical and methodological implications; References; 2: Impersonating the Organization: Reflections on the Communicative Constitution of Organization; What is an organization?; The organization as a person: Hobbesś explanation; ``Ownership ́́has a double meaning for Hobbes

Defining the communication situationThe establishment of authority cuts both ways; Founding a ``commonwealth;́́ Hobbesś theory of a stable and just society; The question that Hobbes did not address; The organization as third; Co-orientation in practice; Organization: noun or verb?; And Hobbes?; Note; References; 3: Analyzing Interaction in Meetings Perspectives from Critical Discourse Studies and the Discourse-Historical Approach; 1. Introduction: processes, decision-making, and power1; 2. Knowledge, power, and decision-making; 3. The discourse-historical approach (DHA)

3.1. Discourse, text, and context3.2. Genre; 3.3. Important discursive strategies; 3.4. The concept of critique in the DHA; 4. Ethnography in EU meetings; 4.1. The narrow context; 4.2. Examples; 5. Conclusion and future perspectives; Notes; References; 4: Power, Politics, and Organizational Communication: An Ethnomethodological Perspective; Introduction; Discourse, communication, and power/politics; The perspective of ethnomethodology; Methodology; Case background; Research methods; Data analysis; Power-talk and politics-talk in a strategy meeting; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References

5: From Speech Acts to Act Speeches: Collective Activity, a Discursive Process Speaking the Language of HabitsIntroduction: bringing collective activity in; 1. Activity in the history of organization studies; 1.1. Collective activity as a blind spot of organization research history; 1.2. The ambiguity of action concepts and vocabulary in organization research; 2. Activity, a discursive process, with the specific language of habits; 2.1. Acts speak: Peirceś ``secondness ́́and ``thirdness ́́categories; 2.2. Subjectivism and Peirceś triadic theory

2.3. From organization as a shared representation to organizing as a dialogical process

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-874650-4

0-19-100758-7

1-306-80512-0

OCLC:

904420344