Discourse, Interpretation, Organization

Informationen zum Autor Loizos Heracleous is an Official Fellow of Templeton College! Oxford University. Klappentext A systematic 2006 exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse. Zusammenfassung This much-needed systematic exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse addresses scholarly perspectives as well as empirical applications of the concepts. The interpretive! functional! critical! and structurational perspectives are examined in detail! and application chapters illustrate how discourse theory can be employed in field research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Images of discourse: interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational; 2. Interpretive approaches to organizational discourse; 3. Functional approaches: metaphor in organization change and development; 4. Critical approaches: Michel Foucault's conceptions of discourse; 5. A structurational approach to discourse; 6. Analyzing discourse I: discourse as situated symbolic action; 7. Analyzing discourse II: a tale of three discourses; Index.

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• Authors: Loizos Heracleous, Loizos (National University of Singapo Heracleous, Heracleous Loizos
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2006
• EAN: 9780521844024
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84402-4
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Business & management, Organizational theory & behaviour, Sociology & anthropology, Organizational theory and behaviour