Communication as Organizing: Empirical and Theoretical Explorations in the Dynamic of Text and Conversation

ISBN-13: 9780805858129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 252 str.

Francois Cooren; James R. Taylor; Elizabeth J. Van Every

Opis

"Communication as Organizing "unites multiple reflections on the role of language under a single rubric: the organizing role of communication. Stemming from Jim Taylor's earlier work,   the volume editors present a communicational answer to the q

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. F. Cooren, J.R. Taylor, E.J. Van Every, Introduction. Part I: Integration, Differentiation, and Ambiguity. S. Gney, Making Sense of a Conflict as the (Missing) Link Between Collaborating Actors. J.A. Saludadez, J.R. Taylor, The Structuring of Collaborative Research Networks in the Stories Researchers Tell. J.M. Katambwe, J.R. Taylor, Modes of Organizational Integration. Part II: Agency and Narrativity. F. Cooren, The Organizational World as a Plenum of Agencies. D. Robichaud, Steps Toward a Relational View of Agency. J.R. Taylor, F. Cooren, Making Worldview Sense: And Paying Homage, Retrospectively, to Algirdas Greimas. Part III: Coorientation.  J.R. Taylor, Coorientation: A Conceptual Framework. C. Groleau, One Phenomenon, Two Lenses: Understanding Collective Action From the Perspectives of Coorientation and Activity Theories. Part IV: Some Implications. R.J. Varey, Accounts in Interactions: Implications of Accounting Practices for Managing. B.H.J.M. Brummans, The Montr‚al School and the Question of Agency.

O autorze

Cooren, Francois; Taylor, James R.; Van Every, Elizabeth J.