... the debates around agency, especially on issues of language and discourse, actor network theory (ANT) and history. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual analysis of the literature is performed to discuss issues of agency in IW and CSM in organizations, and examples of empirical studies are used...

...Marianna Fotaki; Steffen Böhm; John Hassard; Martyna Śliwa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the intensive spread of the English language in Central and Eastern Europe as an aspect of postsocialist transition. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyses the discourses...

... in the special issue usefully demonstrate, taking language seriously in the analysis of organizational change has multiple benefits vis‐a‐vis the behaviorist and cognitive perspectives, since it enables organizational members and researchers alike to focus simultaneously on the construction of both stability...

...David Collins Offers a response to a discussion of the language of change, which appeared in an earlier issue of JOCM (Vol. 14, 2001).While applauding any attempt to develop an appreciation of the fluidity of the processes and politics of organizational change offers a critical...

...., had received the bulk of attention. In contrast, the firm’s “interior”, consisting of such imperceptible qualities as the thoughts, beliefs, feelings and images held in the “mind” of the system, had been virtually ignored. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Chaos Language Strategy Organizational...

... for Excellence films, as produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The films are produced for the annual Malcolm Baldrige Award ceremony in Washington, DC. Films are analyzed, because this paper extends the work of De Cock, who argues that language plays a central role in constituting...

...David Butcher; Sally Atkinson Whilst language is recognised as playing a key role in the shaping of organisational phenomena, the importance of managing language actively in the context of change has received less attention. The particular relevance of the active management of language in changing...

... say about race when it is not the topic about which they claim to write. The organizational life of the discipline and authorship is explored. I then turn to the organizational literature for further illustration of whiteness as unmarked, stereotypical examples, and distancing language...

... by source was generated and displayed in Table I. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Beliefs Self‐development Diversity Management Language Learning Text passages from the email discussion group and surveys were entered into the computer, read and analyzed for content meaning. The examiner...

...Robin Matthews Competition is viewed as an archetype. Global competition is examined as a closed or narrow version of the archetype, part of a language game that justifies the often ruthless strategies of organizations. More open narratives of competition are discussed. The paper examines...

... systems of all sizes and known types; and be about change. A general model of consultancy ideally should meet a number of criteria, such as: It should not rely on esoteric or created constructs; where possible it would utilize existing ideas and convey them using familiar language...

...” actions are able to be taken and that they will be successful. Explores four main constraints: cognitive limits; frame dominance and the limits of language; conceptions of action and their limits on reframing; and knowledge and power as limits to reframing. The rest of this paper provides an analysis...

... Corporate culture Economics Language Management science Organizational theory Post‐industrial society Post‐modernism Social sciences Society What are we calling postmodernity? I′m not up to date...While I clearly see what was behind what was known as structuralism...I do not understand what...