TY - BOOK AU - Amernic,Joel H. AU - Craig,Russell TI - CEO-speak: the language of corporate leadership SN - 9780773575592 AV - HD30.3 .A54 2006eb U1 - 306.44 PY - 2006/// CY - Montréal [Que.] PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Chief executive officers KW - Language KW - Case studies KW - Discourse analysis KW - Social aspects KW - Corporate culture KW - Chefs de direction KW - Langage KW - Études de cas KW - Analyse du discours KW - Aspect social KW - Culture organisationnelle KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - Sociolinguistics KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Leadership KW - fast KW - JSTOR-DDA KW - Business communication KW - Communication in management KW - Multi-User KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why the words of business leaders matter -- Hyperbole and delusion at Enron -- Framing Anderson -- The gates to Microsoft : exploiting web sites -- AOLTimeWarner : claiming the internet kingdom -- IBM and the privileges of an internet soapbox -- Constructing Jack Welch, GE's corporate chieftain incarnate -- Disney's narrative as personality prism -- Nortel's "Remarkable" letter -- Three tenors in perfect harmony -- Creating "North America's Railroad" -- Towards greater accountability for CEO-speak -- Appendices: Skilling and Lay's last letter to shareholders of Enron -- Remarks of Joseph F. Berardino, managing partner/CEO of Anderson, to the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, 12 December 2001 -- AOLTimeWarner's internet policy statement -- General Electric's 1991 CEO letter to shareholders -- Letter to stockholders, 1940 Walt Disney productions' annual report -- Letter to stockholders, 1941 Walt Disney productions' annual report UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=403902 ER -