Interacting and Organizing: Analyses of a Management Meeting

ISBN-13: 9780805848564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 352 str.

Francois Cooren

Opis

This work provides an exceptional case study, shedding light onto thefunctioning of an actual corporate board of directors. It presentsanalysis of a series of corporate board meetings shown in the 1974documentary film, Corporation: After Mr. Sam. The film chronicles thediscussion and communication processes as a company considershow to replace its president, and it presents a unique opportunity foranalysis of real-world organizational discourse. With an impressive listof prominent contributors, Interacting and Organizing: Analyses of aManagement Meeting employs the dual perspectives of organizationaland language and social interaction (LSI) to examine the film. It isarranged around specific topics, analyzed separately by organizationalcommunication and LSI scholars.

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. F. Cooren, General Introduction. Part I: Leadership and Speakership: Which Voice Matters? F. Cooren, Introduction. J.R. Taylor, D. Robichaud, Management as Meta-Conversation: The Search for Closure. A. Pomerantz, P. Denvir, Enacting the Institutional Role of Chairperson in Upper-Management Meetings: The Interactional Realization of Provisional Authority. G.T. Fairhurst, Liberating Leadership in Corporation After Mr. Sam: A Response. Part II: Organizing and Emotional Display: Contradictions and Paradoxes. F. Cooren, Introduction. K. Tracy, Feeling-Limned Talk: Conduct Ideals in the Steinberg Succession Meeting. L.L. Putnam, Contradictions in the Meta-Talk About Feelings in "After Mr. Sam." K.L. Fitch, M. Foley, The Persuasive Nature of Emotion and the Cultural Nature of Feelings in Organizations. Part III: Strategies of Decision Making: Competencies and Coherences. F. Cooren, Introduction. R.D. McPhee, S. Corman, J. Iverson, "We Ought to Have...Gumption:" A CRA Analysis of an Excerpt From the Videotape "After Mr. Sam." R.E. Sanders, The Effect of Interactional Competence on Group Problem-Solving. C. Stohl, Bringing the Outside In: A Contextual Analysis. Part IV: Can We Study Interactions in Documentaries? Ways of Talking, Closure, and Data. F. Cooren, Brief Introduction. G. Philipsen, J. Leighter, Sam Sternberg's Use of "Tell" in After Mr. Sam. S. Deetz, R. Heath, J. MacDonald, On Talking to Not Make Decisions: A Critical Analysis of Organizational Talk. D.L. Wieder, H. Mau, C. Nicholas, Documentaries Are Not Data. C. Oswick, Closing Words (and Opening Discussions?): An Afterword on After Mr. Sam. Appendices.

O autorze

Francois Cooren