The situated organization : case studies in the pragmatics of communication research

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Title:

The situated organization : case studies in the pragmatics of communication research

Author:

Taylor, James R.

ISBN:

9780415881678

9780415881685

9780203848074

Personal Author:

Taylor, James R.

Publication Information:

New York ; London : Routledge, c2011.

Physical Description:

xii, 271 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - The premise of organization as thirdness -- The frame game: how playing on the game while playing in it establishes and distributes organizational authority -- Language as both meaning and action -- Text as the constitutive basis of organization -- The accounts of a business, or perhaps the business of accounts? -- Playing on the game while playing in the game: frames, identities and the "fall plan" -- The organization as text -- The "western," 21st century version: mapping the boundaries through texts -- The organization as thirdness, or how to do organizational communication research.

Subject Term:

Communication in organizations

Added Author:

Van Every, Elizabeth J.

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The Situated Organization explores recent research in organizational communication, emphasizing the organization as constructed in and emerging out of communication practices. Working from the tradition of the Montreal School in its approach, it focuses not only on how an organization's members understand the purposes of the organization through communication, but also on how they realize and recognize the organization itself as they work within it.

The text breaks through with an alternative viewpoint to the currently popular idea of 'organization-as-network,' viewing organization instead as a configuration of agencies, and their fields of practice. It serves as an original, comprehensive, and well-written text, elaborated by case studies that make the theory come to life. The substantial ideas and insights are presented in a deep and meaningful way while remaining comprehensible for student readers.

This text has been developed for students at all levels of study in organizational communication, who need a systematic introduction to conducting empirical field research. It will serve as an invaluable sourcebook in planning and conducting research.