Discourse and management : critical perspectives through the language lens / Gerlinde Mautner with contributions from Nick Ellis, Chris Hackley, Cliff Oswick, Ruth Wodak.

An upper level student text written by a leading international scholar that provides an overview of critical discourse analysis in relation to communication in organisations.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction PART I: FOUNDATIONS 2. A Linguistic Approach to Discourse, Organization and Management 3. Doing Discourse Analysis from a Critical Perspective PART II: METHODS 4. Dealing with Discourse Data 5. Discourse and Choice PART III: APPLICATIONS 6. Language and Power 7. Language and Identity 8. Language and Persuasion PART IV: REFLECTIONS 9. A Critical Appraisal of Critical Discourse Analysis 10. Critical Discourse Analysis in Management 11. Conclusion.

An upper level student text written by a leading international scholar that provides an overview of critical discourse analysis in relation to communication in organisations.

Machine generated contents note: 1.The wood and the trees: Introducing discourse -- 1.1.Why communication matters -- 1.2.And why it is often underrated -- 1.3.The linguistic turn and social constructionism -- 1.4.Defining discourse -- 1.5.Key points to remember -- 2.Keep your distance: Doing discourse analysis from a critical perspective -- 2.1.What does it mean to be critical? -- 2.2.Critical Discourse Analysis -- 2.3.Being critical in practice -- 2.4.Key points to remember -- 3.Untangling the web: Organizing discourse data -- 3.1.What are data? -- 3.2.Text and context -- 3.3.Spoken data -- 3.4.Compiling corpora -- 3.5.Key points to remember -- 4.The devil is in the detail: How language makes meaning -- 4.1.The added value of looking at linguistic detail -- 4.2.Language as a system of choices -- 4.3.Conversation -- 4.4.Representing people -- 4.5.Representing events and actions -- 4.6.Expressing viewpoints and attitudes -- 4.7.Metaphor -- 4.8.Key points to remember

Note continued: 5.Who do you think you are? Language and identity -- 5.1.What is identity? -- 5.2.Why is identity relevant for organization and management? -- 5.3.How does identity manifest itself in language? -- 5.4.Entrepreneurial: a keyword as identity marker -- 5.5.Self as product: an extended metaphor in action -- 5.6.Key points to remember -- 6.Siren voices: Language and persuasion -- 6.1.What is persuasion? -- 6.2.Linguistic choices for persuasive effect -- 6.3.Marketing communications: Advertising, packaging and labelling -- 6.4.Selling marketing: a critical linguistic view of marketing textbooks -- 6.5.Key points to remember -- 7.Might is right: Language and power -- 7.1.What is power? -- 7.2.Power over, in and of discourse -- 7.3.Linguistic manifestations of power -- 7.4.Power and gatekeeping: the job interview -- 7.5.Key points to remember -- 8.Mind the gap: Critiquing critical approaches -- 8.1.Critiquing the critical -- 8.2.Theory, data and method

Note continued: 8.3.Leaps and traps: dealing with bias -- 8.4.The bottom line: CDA in management -- 8.5.Key points to remember.