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Organizational Discourse: Communication and Constitution
How can we study organizations from a discursive perspective? What are the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of each perspective on organizational discourse? To what extent do discourse and communication constitute the organizational world? This accessible book addresses these questions by showing how classical organizational themes, objects and questions can be illuminated from various discursive perspectives.Six approaches are presented and semiotics, rhetoric, speech act theory, conversation analysis/ethnomethodology, narrative analysis, and critical discourse analysis. These six perspectives are then mobilized throughout the book to study coordination and organizing, organizational culture and identity, as well as negotiation, decision making and conflicts in the context of meetings.The unifying thread of this volume is the communicative constitutive approach (CCO) to organizations, as implicitly or explicitly advocated by the great majority of organizational discourse analysts and theorists today. Throughout Organizational Discourse, this theme will help readers distinguish between discursive perspectives and other approaches to organizational life, and to understand how discourse matters in organizations.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 2014
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November 27, 2018
Easy and very clear read!
Cooren’s book gives a very clear, well argued and exemplified analysis of the constitutive view of organizations, primarily covering the areas of organizing, identity, culture, ideology and negotiation.
The book nicely illustrate 6 different approaches: semiotic, rhetoric, speech act, ethnomethodological, narrative, and Critical Discourse analysis. The basic concepts are presented, and applied consistently through the book.
If you are new to the field or teaching organizational theory, organizational behavior or communication. This book is a valuable source.
For most practioners it will give some great tools to think about how you are participating in constituting the organization you are part of!
Cooren’s book gives a very clear, well argued and exemplified analysis of the constitutive view of organizations, primarily covering the areas of organizing, identity, culture, ideology and negotiation.
The book nicely illustrate 6 different approaches: semiotic, rhetoric, speech act, ethnomethodological, narrative, and Critical Discourse analysis. The basic concepts are presented, and applied consistently through the book.
If you are new to the field or teaching organizational theory, organizational behavior or communication. This book is a valuable source.
For most practioners it will give some great tools to think about how you are participating in constituting the organization you are part of!
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