Publications

Publication details [#17846]

Boden, Deirdre. 1994. The business of Talk: Organizations in Action. Polity Press. 272 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

institutional language | social relationship

Person as a subject

Barnard | Mintzberg | Simon

Annotation

This volume examines the (central) role of talk in organizations, the role of talk in the office of the future and the process through which social relationships are woven through talk, demonstrating that 'talk is organization in action'.

Reviewed by

Filby, Ivan L. 1997. Review of $The business of Talk: Organizations in Action.