The purpose of this article is to explore the similarities and differences in the socio‐economic approach to management (SEAM) method and postmodern approaches to theatre. Neither metaphorical nor managerialist, SEAM's perspective allows that the organization is theatre. Introduces the terms “metascript” and “metatheatre” to describe how SEAM's approach accomodates the multiple perspectives and simultaneous multiple stages populated by the “spect‐actors” (Boal, A., Theatre of the Oppressed, translated by Charles A. and Maria‐Odillia Leal McBride, Theatre Communications Group, New York, NY, 1979, originally published in Spanish as Teatro de Oprimido, Ediciones de la Flor, Buenos Aires, 1974) of the Tamara‐esque postmodern organization theatre.
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February 01 2003
Theatrics of SEAM
David Boje;
David Boje
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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Grace Ann Rosile
Grace Ann Rosile
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7816
Print ISSN: 0953-4814
© MCB UP Limited
2003
Journal of Organizational Change Management (2003) 16 (1): 21–32.
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Boje D, Rosile GA (2003), "Theatrics of SEAM". Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 16 No. 1 pp. 21–32, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810310459747
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