Communication, Power and Organization

The author explores the strategic web of communication that influences company policy in an open market setting.
The book examines the concept of power in a corporate organization, its distribution and how - often unobtrusively - it is expressed and communicated. Special attention is given to techniques used in exercising power, organizational symbolism, organizational hierarchies, and lines of communication.

Sommario

Summary of contents:
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Information Meeting about a New Organization
4. The Meeting as a Culture-Constitutive Process
5. The Meeting as an Expression of Power and an Occasion for Discipline: A Foucault-Inspired Interpretation
6. The Information Meeting as Communicative Distortion: A Habermas-Inspired Interpretation
7. Summary and Comments
8. References
9. Author Index

Info autore

Mats Alvesson is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Lund, Sweden. Research interests include critical theory, gender, power, management of professional service (knowledge intensive) organizations, organizational culture and symbolism, qualitative methods and philosophy of science.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mats Alvesson
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9783110146226
• ISBN: 978-3-11-014622-6
• Pagine: 237
• Peso: 446 g
• Illustrazioni: 1 b/w ill.
• Serie: de Gruyter Studies in Organization; De Gruyter Studies in Organization
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale