The business of talk : organizations in action
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The business of talk : organizations in action
Polity Press, 1994
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780745602912
Description
In this work, Deirdre Boden contributes to the study of business firms and to the analysis of organizations in general. Like all other organizations, business firms are run primarily through talk - who talks to whom, at what point, how, and in what way determines how the organization works, on a day-to-day level as well as over time. Boden develops a critique of existing organizational theory and is able to point a way towards future research and thinking in the area. The book includes numerous illustrations of the significance of conversation analysis as a means of studying organizational structures. It provides a contribution to social theory, as well as to the more specific field of organizational study. Talk, Boden shows, links the microsettings of interaction with large-scale properties of organizational settings. This book should be of interest to students and professionals in sociology, organizational behaviour, discourse studies, ethnomethodology and anthropology.
Table of Contents
1. Talk and Organization. 2. Organizations in Action. 3. Talk as Social Action. 4. The Interaction Order of Organizations. 5. Conversational Procedures and Organizational Practices. 6. Information, Interaction and Institution. 7. Organizational Agendas. 8. Local Logic and Organizational Rationality. 9. The Business of Talk.
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: pbk ISBN 9780745613567
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In this book Deirdre Boden makes a bold and original contribution to the study of business firms and to the analysis of organizations in general. Like all other organizations, business firms are run primarily through talk - who talks to whom, at what point, how, and in what way determines how the organization works, on a day-to-day level as well as over time. Boden develops a radical critique of existing organizational theory and is able to point a way towards future research and thinking in the area.The book includes numerous illustrations of the significance of conversation analysis as a means of studying organizational structures. It is a major contribution to social theory as well as to the more specific field of organizational study. Talk, Boden shows, links the microsettings of interaction with large-scale properties of organizational settings. This book will surely be regarded as one of the most innovative studies in its area to have appeared over the past decade.
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Talk and Organization. 2. Organizations in Action. 3. Talk as Social Action. 4. The Interaction Order of Organizations. 5. Conversational Procedures and Organizational Practices. 6. Information, Interaction and Institution. 7. Organizational Agendas. 8. Local Logic and Organizational Rationality. 9. The Business of Talk. Appendix I: Notes on Transcription Conventions. Bibliography. . Index.
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