1st Edition
Stories of Life in the Workplace An Open Architecture for Organizational Narratology
Chapter One: Narrative Appreciation
Chapter Two: An Open Architecture For Organizational Narratology
Chapter Three: Action, Motivation and Moral Outcome
Chapter Four: Sequence and Locale
Chapter Five: Character and Identity
Chapter Six: Interest And Memory
Chapter Seven: The Beauty of Narratives in the Workplace
Chapter Eight: Complexity and Control
Chapter Nine: Representing Narrative Realities
Biography
Larry Browning is a Professor at the College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin and adjunct Professor of Management, Bodø Graduate School of Business at the University of Nordland, Norway. His studies include structures in organizations as evidenced by lists and stories, information-communication technology and narratives, cooperation and competition in organizations, and grounded theory as a research strategy.
G. H. Morris is a Professor at California State University San Marcos. He is a conversation analyst and communication theorist interested in how people align with each other in everyday talk, organizational discourse, and psychotherapy.
'Recommended. Structuring the discussion around aspects of narrative such as action, motivation, and moral outcome, the authors introduce, chapter by chapter, a variety of workplace narratives and then explore related theory…the relaxed, good-natured tone of the book is refreshing, and readers will encounter many gems of information well worth pondering. Particularly useful are cautions against reading overarching organizational narratives as ultimate truth and overvaluing a polyglot approach to sense making in organizations.' –CHOICE, C.E. O’Neill, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo
