Satirical and Romantic Stories about Organisational Change. Actor Network Theory and Action Research

Abstract: "In this article different perspectives on organisational change are analysed using Hayden White’s genre categories: romance, comedy, tragedy and satire. White maintains that a “story” is not determined by data, events or the particular case, nor by the way events are remembered, collected or told. Narrative structures preconfigure; they determine in advance what is accepted as a story, and the meaning that will be created. The empirical material for this article is mainly the literature on different perspectives on organisational change e.g. Actor Network Theory (ANT), Action Research (AR) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR). In addition, and to contrast in the discussion of genre classification, literature from two different and well known perspectives from work and organisation are used e.g. critical sociology and Swedish pragmatic professional knowledge production. The literature describing ANT is mostly of a satirical character, while the literature describing this type

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: International Journal of Action Research ; 4 (2008) 1+2 ; 155-179

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Mannheim
• (wann): 2008
• Urheber: Moltu, Berit

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-412972
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:43 MEZ