Communication, Power and Organization [Reprint 2013 ed.] 9783110900545, 9783110148978
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1 Introduction
1.1 Aims and frames of reference
1.2 On multiple interpretations
1.3 On knowledge-constitutive ideals
1.4 Plan of the book
2 Information meeting about a new organization
2.1 From structure and actor to situation and communication
2.2 The advantages and disadvantages of a situational focus
2.3 On this study
2.4 A short description of the Multi Group
2.5 The information meeting
2.6 A commentary on method
2.7 Comments on the meeting
3 The meeting as a culture-constitutive process
3.1 Culture, domination and the social construction of reality
3.2 The information meeting in a critical-cultural perspective
4 The meeting as an expression of power and an occasion for discipline: a Foucault-inspired interpretation
4.1 Foucault's concept of power
4.2 Critique of Foucault
4.3 The information meeting and the activation of power techniques
5 The information meeting as communicative distortion: a Habermas-inspired interpretation
5.1 Habermas's theory of communicative action
5.2 The information meeting in terms of communicative rationality
6 Summary and comments
6.1 The three interpretations
6.2 Comparison of approaches
6.3 Commentary on countervailing power
6.4 Some less critical views on the information meeting
6.5 On the methodology of multiple interpretations of situations
6.6 Conclusion
References
Author Index
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de Gruyter Studies in Organization 72 Communication, Power and Organization
de Gruyter Studies in Organization Organizational Theory and Research
This de Gruyter Series aims at publishing theoretical and methodological studies of organizations as well as research findings, which yield insight in and knowledge about organizations. The whole spectrum of perspectives will be considered: organizational analyses rooted in the sociological as well as the economic tradition, from a sociopsychological or a political science angle, mainstream as well as critical or ethnomethodological contributions. Equally, all kinds of organizations will be considered: firms, public agencies, non-profit institutions, voluntary associations, inter-organizational networks, supra-national organizations etc. Emphasis is on publication of new contributions, or significant revisions of existing approaches. However, summaries or critical reflections on current thinking and research will also be considered. This series represents an effort to advance the social scientific study of organizations across national boundaries and academic disciplines. An Advisory Board consisting of representatives of a variety of perspectives and from different cultural areas is responsible for achieving this task. This series addresses organization researchers within and outside universities, but also practitioners who have an interest in grounding their work on recent social scientific knowledge and insights. Editor: Prof. Dr. Alfred Kiescr, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany Advisory Board: Prof. Anna Grandori, C R O R A , Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy Prof. Dr. Cornells Lammers, FSW Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Marshall W. Meyer, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A. Prof Jean-Claude Thoenig, Université de Paris I, Paris, France Prof. Mayer F. Zald, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
Mats Alvesson
Communication, Power and Organization
W G DE
Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York 1996
Mats Alvesson, Professor, D e p a r t m e n t of Business Administration, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
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Alvesson, Mats, 1956— Communication, power and organization : Mats Alvesson. (De Gruyter studies in organization ; 72) Rev. and expanded ed. of: Kommunikation, makt, organisation. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 3-11-014622-3 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 3-11-014897-8 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Communication in organizations. 2. Leadership. I. Alvesson, Mats, 1956Kommunikation, makt, organisation. English. II. Title. III. Series. HD30.3.A44 1996 658.4Ό92—dc20 96-6132 CIP
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Alvesson, Mats: Communication, power and organization / Mats Alvesson. — Berlin ; New York : de Gruyter, 1996 (De Gruyter studies in organization ; 72 : Organizational theory and research) Einheitssacht.: Kommunikation, makt, organisation