Discourse, interpretation, organization / Loizos Heracleous.

By:

Heracleous, Loizos Th

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780511488573
0511488572
9780511335174
0511335172
0511334591
9780511334597
9780511333934
0511333935
128104024X
9781281040244
0521844029
9780521844024
1107163803
9781107163805
9786611040246
6611040242
1139131028
9781139131025
0511333250
9780511333255

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Discourse, interpretation, organization.DDC classification:

658.45 22

LOC classification:

P302.84 .H47 2006eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Images of discourse : interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational -- Interpretive approaches to organizational discourse -- Functional approaches : metaphor in organization change and development -- Critical approaches : Michel Foucault's conceptions of discourse -- A structurational approach to discourse -- Analyzing discourse I : discourse as situated symbolic action -- Analyzing discourse II : a tale of three discourses.

Summary: "This systematic exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse addresses both scholarly perspectives and empirical applications of the concepts. The interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational perspectives are examined in detail. Issues discussed include the constructive potential of discourse; prominent interpretive approaches; the role of discourse, in particular metaphor, in fostering certain organizational outcomes; a critical view addressing the power and political dimensions of discourse; and the dual aspects of discourse as both communicative action and deep structures, interrelated through the modality of interpretive schemes. Application chapters illustrate how discourse theory can be employed in field research, aiding the analyst in gaining a deeper understanding of the social context and of the effects of discourse on that context. In particular, a view of discourse as situated symbolic action, and a structurational view of discourse are illustrated empirically, using examples front a major IT organization and a global consulting firm."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This systematic exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse addresses both scholarly perspectives and empirical applications of the concepts. The interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational perspectives are examined in detail. Issues discussed include the constructive potential of discourse; prominent interpretive approaches; the role of discourse, in particular metaphor, in fostering certain organizational outcomes; a critical view addressing the power and political dimensions of discourse; and the dual aspects of discourse as both communicative action and deep structures, interrelated through the modality of interpretive schemes. Application chapters illustrate how discourse theory can be employed in field research, aiding the analyst in gaining a deeper understanding of the social context and of the effects of discourse on that context. In particular, a view of discourse as situated symbolic action, and a structurational view of discourse are illustrated empirically, using examples front a major IT organization and a global consulting firm."--Jacket.

Print version record.

English.

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