Abstracts
Abstract
This paper examines the ebb and flow of organizational power and control during an organizational change where a CEO mobilized narratives to liberate his company from top-down control. The emergent conceptual model makes sense of what appears to be discursive disorder – a cacophony of change narratives. Its contribution is twofold. Firstly, by identifying three ‘narratives in the making’ – the initial, counter and corrective narratives, it elaborates the meso-level narrative mechanisms at the heart of discursive struggles during change and extends Boje’s (2010) triad of narrativity. Secondly, it confirms the utility of the ‘organizational becoming’ and CCO perspectives of organizing for understanding change.
Keywords:
- Narrative,
- organizational change,
- organizational becoming,
- practice,
- liberation management
Résumé
Cet article examine les dynamiques de pouvoir et de contrôle lors d’un changement organisationnel au cours duquel un CEO a recours à la narration pour libérer son entreprise d’un fonctionnement trop rigide. Le modèle conceptuel qui émerge de notre analyse donne un sens à ce qui semble être un trouble discursif - une cacophonie narrative. Notre contribution est double. Tout d’abord, en identifiant trois ‘récits en construction’ – récit initial, contre-récit et récit-correctif, nos résultats mettent en lumière les mécanismes narratifs de niveau méso au coeur des luttes discursives du changement et étendent également la théorie de la triade narrative de Boje (2010). Deuxièmement, nos résultats confirment l’utilité des perspectives des processus organisant permanents et CCO pour la compréhension des changements organisationnels.
Mots-clés :
- Narratifs,
- changement organisationnel,
- organisation en devenir,
- pratiques,
- Libération d’entreprise
Resumen
Este artículo examina la evolución del poder y del control en una organización durante un cambio organizacional, donde un directivo moviliza el uso de la narrativa para liberar a su empresa de control de arriba a abajo. El modelo conceptual que surge da sentido a lo que parece ser, un trastorno discursivo – una cacofonía de las narrativas de cambio. Su contribución es doble. En primer lugar, mediante la identificación de tres ‘narrativas en gestación’- la narrativa inicial, la opuesta y la correctiva; que elaboran los mecanismos narrativos de nivel intermedio, en el corazón de las luchas discursivas durante el cambio y se extiende a Boje (2010) en la tríada de la narrativita. En segundo lugar, se confirma la utilidad de la ‘organización en gestación’ y de las perspectivas del CCO de la organización para comprender el cambio.
Palabras clave:
- Narrativa,
- cambio organizacional,
- práctica,
- gestión de liberación
Appendices
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