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This volume brings together two hitherto disparate domains of
scholarly inquiry: organization and management studies on the one
hand, and the study of visual and multimodal communication on the
other. Within organization and management studies it has been
recognized that organizational reality and communication are
becoming increasingly visual, and, more generally, multimodal,
whether in digital form or otherwise. Within multimodality studies
it has been noted that many forms of contemporary communication are
deeply influenced by organizational and managerial communication,
as formerly formal and bureaucratic types of communication
increasingly adopt promotional language and multimodal document
presentation. Visual and Multimodal Research in Organization and
Management Studies integrates these two domains of research in a
way that will benefit both. In particular, it conceptually and
empirically connects recent insights from visual and multimodality
studies to ongoing discussions in organization and management
theory. Throughout, the book shows how a visual/multimodal lens
enriches and extends what we already know about organization,
organizations, and practices of organizing, but also how concepts
from organization and management studies can be highly productive
in further developing insights on visual and multimodal
communication. Due to its essentially interdisciplinary objectives,
the book will prove inspiring for academics and scholars of
management, the sociology of organizations as well as related
disciplines such as applied linguistics and visual studies.
This volume brings together two hitherto disparate domains of
scholarly inquiry: organization and management studies on the one
hand, and the study of visual and multimodal communication on the
other. Within organization and management studies it has been
recognized that organizational reality and communication are
becoming increasingly visual, and, more generally, multimodal,
whether in digital form or otherwise. Within multimodality studies
it has been noted that many forms of contemporary communication are
deeply influenced by organizational and managerial communication,
as formerly formal and bureaucratic types of communication
increasingly adopt promotional language and multimodal document
presentation. Visual and Multimodal Research in Organization and
Management Studies integrates these two domains of research in a
way that will benefit both. In particular, it conceptually and
empirically connects recent insights from visual and multimodality
studies to ongoing discussions in organization and management
theory. Throughout, the book shows how a visual/multimodal lens
enriches and extends what we already know about organization,
organizations, and practices of organizing, but also how concepts
from organization and management studies can be highly productive
in further developing insights on visual and multimodal
communication. Due to its essentially interdisciplinary objectives,
the book will prove inspiring for academics and scholars of
management, the sociology of organizations as well as related
disciplines such as applied linguistics and visual studies.
This Element presents and discusses the main trajectories in the
evolution of the concept of ambiguity and the most relevant
theoretical contributions developed around it. It specifically
elaborates on both the intrinsic perspectives on ambiguity as an
inherent part of organizational decision-making processes and the
more recent strategic perspectives on discursively constructed
strategic ambiguity. It helps illuminate the path ahead of
organizational scholars and offers new avenues for future research.
This is important given the ever more pervasive presence of
ambiguity in and around organizations and societies.
Now in its second edition, this extended and thoroughly updated
handbook introduces researchers and students to the growing range
of theoretical and methodological perspectives being developed in
the vibrant field of strategy as practice. With new authors and
additional chapters, it shows how the strategy as practice approach
in strategic management moves away from disembodied and asocial
studies of firm assets, technologies and practices to explore and
explain the contribution that strategizing makes to people working
at all levels of an organization. It breaks down many of the
traditional paradigmatic barriers in strategy to investigate who
the strategists are, what they do, how they do it, and what the
consequences or outcomes of their actions are. This essential work
summarizes recent developments in the field while presenting a
clear agenda for future research.
"'Merging across Borders' offers insight into social, cultural,
communicative and political dynamics in complex organizational
change processes following mergers and acquisitions; dynamics which
have often been neglected in previous research. The book is written
by a Nordic research team, and it is based on their extensive field
study of a series of cross-border mergers and acquisitions leading
to the creation of Nordea, the largest Nordic financial services
group today."
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