Stories of Life in the Workplace

Larry Browning is a Professor at the College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin and adjunct Professor of Management, Bodø Graduate School of Business at the University of Nordland, Norway. His studies include structures in organizations as evidenced by lists and stories, information-communication technology and narratives, cooperation and competition in organizations, and grounded theory as a research strategy. G. H. Morris is a Professor at California State University San Marcos. He is a conversation analyst and communication theorist interested in how people align with each other in everyday talk, organizational discourse, and psychotherapy.

• Chapter One: Narrative AppreciationChapter Two: An Open Architecture For Organizational NarratologyChapter Three: Action, Motivation and Moral OutcomeChapter Four: Sequence and LocaleChapter Five: Character and IdentityChapter Six: Interest And MemoryChapter Seven: The Beauty of Narratives in the WorkplaceChapter Eight: Complexity and ControlChapter Nine: Representing Narrative Realities

'Recommended. Structuring the discussion around aspects of narrative such as action, motivation, and moral outcome, the authors introduce, chapter by chapter, a variety of workplace narratives and then explore related theory…the relaxed, good-natured tone of the book is refreshing, and readers will encounter many gems of information well worth pondering. Particularly useful are cautions against reading overarching organizational narratives as ultimate truth and overvaluing a polyglot approach to sense making in organizations.' –CHOICE, C.E. O’Neill, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo