NG, Wilson
Battle in the boarddroom : a discursive perspective - 2002
This article examines the centrality of discourse in achieving managerially relevant outcomes, with a focus on the in-situ performance context of corporate strorytellers. The Ricceurian concept of speech act, capturing both the intentionality of organizational discourse and the social context of its production and reception, implicitly guided our research effort. The article has at its core a story of how senior organizational officers exploited the volatile circumstances of a public takeover in Singapore. By looking at the social construction of narratives in their many fragments we come to see how a key protagonist carves out a powerful position. The efficacy of his performances can be seen to be dependent upon the effective use of poetic tropses and the receptiveness of listeners to particular Chinese archetypal relationship-driven themes. In crafting our story we use multiple tests which were produced in and around two case organizations. As such we offer a careffully cnstructed collage, a mixture of production and reproduction, sticking closely to forms of communication that key organizational actors used to plan, enact and interpret their actions and those of others. Whilst our story offers insights to readers with an interest in organizational discourse, corporate govenance and Asian Management practices, we refrain from imposing and authoritarian interpretation that insists on identifying with the intentions of the authors
Battle in the boarddroom : a discursive perspective - 2002
This article examines the centrality of discourse in achieving managerially relevant outcomes, with a focus on the in-situ performance context of corporate strorytellers. The Ricceurian concept of speech act, capturing both the intentionality of organizational discourse and the social context of its production and reception, implicitly guided our research effort. The article has at its core a story of how senior organizational officers exploited the volatile circumstances of a public takeover in Singapore. By looking at the social construction of narratives in their many fragments we come to see how a key protagonist carves out a powerful position. The efficacy of his performances can be seen to be dependent upon the effective use of poetic tropses and the receptiveness of listeners to particular Chinese archetypal relationship-driven themes. In crafting our story we use multiple tests which were produced in and around two case organizations. As such we offer a careffully cnstructed collage, a mixture of production and reproduction, sticking closely to forms of communication that key organizational actors used to plan, enact and interpret their actions and those of others. Whilst our story offers insights to readers with an interest in organizational discourse, corporate govenance and Asian Management practices, we refrain from imposing and authoritarian interpretation that insists on identifying with the intentions of the authors
