A systematic exploration of the emerging field of organizational discourse.
Figures; Tables; Preface; 1. Images of discourse: interpretive, functional, critical, and structurational; 2. Interpretive approaches to organizational discourse; 3. Functional approaches: metaphor in organization change and development; 4. Critical approaches: Michel Foucault's conceptions of discourse; 5. A structurational approach to discourse; 6. Analyzing discourse I: discourse as situated symbolic action; 7. Analyzing discourse II: a tale of three discourses; Index.