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Constructing Organizational Discourse. A Symbolic Action in Improving Work
Constructing Organizational Discourse. A Symbolic Action in Improving Work

Author(s): Alexandra Galbin
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Micro-Economics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Organizational Psychology
Published by: Fundatia Română pentru Inteligenta Afacerii
Keywords: Discourse; Organizational change; Social constructionism;

Summary/Abstract: Social constructionism, a postmodern approach with epistemological assumptions, brings new resources for organizational interventions. A key element in organizational development, the discourse plays an important role in fashioning the future of this. This article presents the organizational discourse as a symbolic action in which discourse influence behavior of members and reinforces mindsets. Discourse shapes the relations between individuals, and creates mental frames. Create change by changing the discourse generates fresh new possibilities and innovative forms to look at a situation. Constructing a positive organizational discourse offers a great potential for social change and address challenges and advances thinking in the organizational field.

  • Issue Year: III/2015
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 247-250
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English