Critical narrative inquiry : ethics, sustainability and action to critical narrative inquiry storytelling, sustainability and power / Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen and Carlos Largacha-Martinez, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jørgensen, Kenneth Mølbjerg, editor.

Largacha-Martinez, Carlos, editor.

Series:

Contemporary Cultural Studies (Series Editor, Joseph J. Pilotta, Algis Mickunas, John W. Murphy, The

Contemporary Cultural Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narrative inquiry (Research method).

Storytelling--Social aspects.

Storytelling.

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While organizations have become central for thinking and structuring contemporary social action, existing perspectives on what they are and how to deal with them are still rooted in modern ideas about the foundations of society. The chapters in this volume take critical narrative inquiry - inspired by postmodern or post-human approaches to organizations - as a broad range of research and development strategies that challenge the dominant perspectives prevalent in the organizational literature. The purpose of the volume is three-fold. Firstly, a critical reading of organizations foregrounding n

Contents:

""CRITICAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY: STORYTELLING, SUSTAINABILITY AND POWER""; ""CRITICAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY: STORYTELLING, SUSTAINABILITY AND POWER""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""EDITORS""; ""CHAPTER AUTHORS""; ""Chapter 1: CRITICAL NARRATIVE INQUIRY - STORYTELLING, SUSTAINABILITY AND POWER""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK""; ""POWER, STORYTELLING AND MATERIALITY""; ""QUANTUM HUMANISM AND SYSTEMIC THINKING""; ""STORYTELLING AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT""

""SUSTAINABILITY, ETHICS AND THE ROLE OF THE BODY IN ORGANIZATIONS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: ARTISAN STORYTELLING AND MANAGEMENT �DISPOSITIFS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT IS A DISPOSITIF? AND WHAT ARE ITS EFFECTS?""; ""SOCIETIES OF CONTROL""; ""ARTISAN STORYTELLING""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: TOWARDS FIELD-WORK IN THE ARCHITECTONICS OF CONTROL""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CONTROL""; ""ARCHITECTONICS""; ""FIELD-WORK""; ""MATTER""; ""FORM""; ""AGENT""; ""END""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 4: MATERIAL STORYTELLING � LEARNING AS INTRA-ACTIVE BECOMING""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A POSTHUMAN APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL STORYTELLING""; ""MATERIAL STORYTELLING""; ""APPARATUS OF (MATERIAL) STORYTELLING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: MATERIAL STORYTELLING � RESITUATING LANGUAGE AND MATTER IN ORGANIZATIONAL STORYTELLING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCENARIO 1: INTRODUCING MATERIAL STORYTELLING""; ""SCENARIO 2: DEEP INQUIRY OF THE SUBTLETIES OF INTRA-ACTION""

""SCENARIO 3: IMPLICATIONS OF MATERIAL STORYTELLING""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: MEETING GENERALIZED OTHERS: SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND MATERIALITY IN A RECENTLY MERGED ORGANIZATION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MEAD, MATERIALITY AND STORYTELLING""; ""FROM UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUAL ACTORS TO STORYTELLING SOCIAL ACTORS""; ""RELEVANCE OF MEAD�S THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MERGERS""; ""THE CASE STUDY""; ""HEAD OFFICE MATERIALIZED NEXUSES""; ""SUMMING UP THE HEAD OFFICE ANALYSIS""; ""DIVISION OFFICE MATERIALIZED NEXUSES""; ""SUMMING UP THE DIVISION OFFICE ANALYSIS""

""DISCUSSION""""WORK PRESSURE AND HOW TO HANDLE IT""; ""TRAIN MEETINGS AND THE RISK OF FAVORITISM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: QUANTIC HUMANISM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMANISTIC MANAGEMENT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE MODERNITOUS MENTAL MODEL""; ""QUANTUM-HUMANISTIC MANAGEMENT: FIRST WORDS""; ""CASE STUDIES LATIN AMERICAN COMPANIES WITH HUMANISTIC APPROACHES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 8: CRITICAL SYSTEMIC INQUIRY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BIASES AND REFERENCING""; ""DISCOURSE PRACTICE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63117-563-7

OCLC:

916951729