integrating theory--dialogue
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Chapter 19
In chapter 19 Michael Paconowsky also developed theories of culture in organizations. His experience was mostly corporate culture. He agreed with Geertz' metaphor of the culture as webs, but he says, "we need to concern ourselves not only with the structures of the cultural webs, but the process of of their spinning as well" (Griffin 250). I found Paconowsky very interesting. i had never considered the impact corporate culture has on peoples lives. The workplace is where a lot of time is spent with co-workers. Culture and relationships are bound to develop. I loved how Griffin used the show , The Office to illustrate the symbolic interpretation of story, and the three types.
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I've been interested in Pacanowsky's work since I took a graduate seminar in organizational communication at the University of Kentucky. He was one of the first communication scholars to examine organizations as cultures. He wrote in interesting article in which he observed and reflected on academic culture, and more specifically the national meeting of the Speech Communication Association (now called the National Communication Association). Examining organizational cultural not only gives insight into how organization impact members, but also how members participate in the creation and maintenance of organizational culture.
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