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The Situated Organization: Case Studies in the Pragmatics of Communication Research (Routledge Communication Series)

The Situated Organization: Case Studies in the Pragmatics of Communication Research (Routledge Communication Series)

by JamesR.Taylor (Author), ElizabethJ.VanEvery (Author)

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Synopsis

The Situated Organization explores recent research in organizational communication, emphasizing the organization as constructed in and emerging out of communication practices. Working from the tradition of the Montreal School in its approach, it focuses not only on how an organization's members understand the purposes of the organization through communication, but also on how they realize and recognize the organization itself as they work within it.

The text breaks through with an alternative viewpoint to the currently popular idea of 'organization-as-network,' viewing organization instead as a configuration of agencies, and their fields of practice. It serves as an original, comprehensive, and well-written text, elaborated by case studies that make the theory come to life. The substantial ideas and insights are presented in a deep and meaningful way while remaining comprehensible for student readers.

This text has been developed for students at all levels of study in organizational communication, who need a systematic introduction to conducting empirical field research. It will serve as an invaluable sourcebook in planning and conducting research.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 0415881676
ISBN 13: 9780415881678

Media Reviews

What happens when a fresh but solid foothold in the theory of pragmatics starts to interact with a range of novel case studies in communication research? Read it yourself and be inspired!

  • Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

The Situated Organization is an innovative work that accomplishes its purpose: to present its readers with theories and to reflect upon such theories through empirical studies.

  • Marlene Marchiori, Londrina State University, Brazil

The Situated Organization was an eye-opener to me. It presents and illustrates new, fundamental and important insights in what organizations are from a communication point of view, and how essential communication is in understanding what organization is. These insights can contribute beyond communication studies, in realms like organization science, management science, information systems, and enterprise engineering.

  • Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands

This book develops an interesting conceptual framework based on the idea of organization-as-thirdness . Applying concepts from semiotic, philosophy of language, ethnomethodology, etc; the authors put forth a convincing argument demonstrating the constructive role of communication in organization.

  • Sylvie Grosjean, University of Ottawa

Taylor and Van Every contribute to the general understanding of the sometimes overly abstract writing of the Montreal School. ... The Situated Organization is a good first read for students and teachers of organizational communication ... it is Taylor and Van Every's very practice of empirical research that sheds yet another light on organization, organizations, and - organization studies. In the words of Taylor and Van Every, 'Organization is alive and well!'

  • Organization Studies 2011 (Reviewed by Steffen Blaschke, University of Hamburg, Germany)
Author Bio
James R. Taylor is Professor Emeritus and founder of the Department of Communication at the University of Montreal. He is the author, co-author or editor of six books, including The Emergent Organization (2000). Elizabeth J. Van Every is an historian and sociologist by training and has worked in both the public and private sectors. She has co-authored two previous books with James Taylor: The Vulnerable Fortress (1993) and The Emergent Organization (2000) as well as co-edited The Computerization of Work (2001) and Communication as Organizing (2006).