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Chapter 5 - Constitutive Approaches
CCO - Communicative Constitution of Organization
The processes through which interactions create, re-create, and change organizations
Symbolic Convergence
Perspective that considers the role of communication such as stories and jokes in creating a
feeling of group identity.
Structuration Theory
States the social world is generated through the agency of active participants.
Agency
The power of active participants of organizing process.
Discourse (Big D)
General and enduring systems of thought.
- example: compassion in social welfare organizations.
discourse (little d)
everyday talk, communication, texts, and social practices in organizations.
Conversation text
The relationship between text and conversation plays out differently in every situation.
, Scaling up
- The way in which conversations become textualized and taken up into organizations and
initiations, opening up the. possibility that texts can have agency apart from the humans who
have created them through conversation.
-Understanding this process begins with the concept if distinction.
Institution positioning
the processes in which organizations create relationships with other entities in the environment
and establish ways that information and other resources can move along relevant organizations.
Materiality
Physical aspects of the organization including buildings, technology, and bodies.
The Four Flows
-membership negotiation: "Who are we?"
example: recruitment process interviews.
-self-structuring: "What rules do we operate by?"
example:Operations and training, employee handbook distribution.
-activity coordination: "How do we work together?"
example:
Adjusting work routines to fulfill collective goals. interdependent communication for effective
teamwork.
Correct Answers
Chapter 5 - Constitutive Approaches
CCO - Communicative Constitution of Organization
The processes through which interactions create, re-create, and change organizations
Symbolic Convergence
Perspective that considers the role of communication such as stories and jokes in creating a
feeling of group identity.
Structuration Theory
States the social world is generated through the agency of active participants.
Agency
The power of active participants of organizing process.
Discourse (Big D)
General and enduring systems of thought.
- example: compassion in social welfare organizations.
discourse (little d)
everyday talk, communication, texts, and social practices in organizations.
Conversation text
The relationship between text and conversation plays out differently in every situation.
, Scaling up
- The way in which conversations become textualized and taken up into organizations and
initiations, opening up the. possibility that texts can have agency apart from the humans who
have created them through conversation.
-Understanding this process begins with the concept if distinction.
Institution positioning
the processes in which organizations create relationships with other entities in the environment
and establish ways that information and other resources can move along relevant organizations.
Materiality
Physical aspects of the organization including buildings, technology, and bodies.
The Four Flows
-membership negotiation: "Who are we?"
example: recruitment process interviews.
-self-structuring: "What rules do we operate by?"
example:Operations and training, employee handbook distribution.
-activity coordination: "How do we work together?"
example:
Adjusting work routines to fulfill collective goals. interdependent communication for effective
teamwork.
