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Rethinking Organizational Change: The Role of Dialogue, Dialectic & Polyphony in the Organization

  • Muayyad Jabri

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Abstract

This book applies Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin's (1895-1975) anthropological concept of 'polyphony' to organizational change. Bakhtin's notion of 'utterances' and his distinction between 'monologue' and 'dialogue' help us to change the way that we think about organizations. The idea of dialogue is particularly important in combatting the focus on the monologues of managerialism and the rigidity of dialectics. It gives us new ways of thinking about how we can manage organizational change.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationNew York, United States of America
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages180
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9781138837928, 9781317561972, 9781315734774
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

NameRoutledge Studies in Organizational Change and Development
No.14

Keywords

  • Organisational Behaviour

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