Discourse and Organization

Cliff Oswick is Professor of Organization Theory at The Business School (formerly known as Cass), City, University of London (and previously served as Deputy Dean between 2011 and 2016).  Before joining Cass, he spent 4 years at Queen Mary, University of London as Dean of the Faculty of Law & Social Sciences.  His research interests focus on the study of organizing processes and non-traditional approaches to organizational change.  He has published over 150 academic articles and contributions to edited volumes. He is an Associate Editor for Journal of Change Management, a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, an Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, an elected member of the National Training Laboratory, former chair of the board of trustees for the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (2014-2020), and previously served as chair of the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management (2015-2020).  Cliff has also undertaken a variety of executive education and consultancy assignments for private and public sector organizations.

`The book represents a gold mine of references on the subject and should appeal to those academics organizing a research methods course for postgraduate students of business and management. An interesting and at times complex book, which contains a lot of intellectually stimulating material and deserves a place in every library′ - British Academy of Management News

• Introduction - David Grant, Tom Keenoy and Cliff OswickOrganizational Discourse: Of Diversity, Dichotomy and Multi-DisciplinarityPART ONE: TALK AND ACTIONA Discourse on Discourse - Robert J MarshakRedeeming the Meaning of TalkWorkplace Conversations - Jill WoodillaThe Text of OrganizingEmotional Discourse in Organizations - Iain L ManghamTalk and Action - Cynthia Hardy, Thomas B Lawrence and Nelson PhillipsConversations and Narrative in Interorganizational CollaborationPART TWO: STORIES AND SENSE-MAKINGSame Old Story or Changing Stories? Folkloric, Modern and Postmodern Mutations - Yiannis GabrielAs God Created the Earth... A Saga That Makes Sense? - Miriam Salzer-M[um]orlingThe Struggle with Sense - Anne Wallemacq and David SimsPART THREE: DISCOURSE AND SOCIAL THEORYLinearity, Control and Death - Gibson BurrellAn Organization Is a Conversation - Gerrit BroekstraMetaphor, Language and Meaning - Didier Cazal and Dawn InnsOrganizational Analysis as Discourse Analysis - Mike ReedA CritiquePART FOUR: A CONCLUDING DISCOURSEDiscourse, Organizations and Paradox - Richard Dunford and Ian Palmer