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Preface | |
Acknowledgments | |
Organizations and Rhetoric in Contemporary Culture | |
Defining Rhetoric | |
Defining an Organization | |
Defining Organizational Rhetoric | |
Understanding Organizational Rhetoric | |
Characteristics of Organizational Rhetoric | |
Reasons for Studying Organizational Rhetoric | |
Goals for Studying Organizational Rhetoric | |
Practical Outcomes of Studying Organizational Rhetoric | |
A Process for Analyzing Organizational Rhetoric | |
Conclusion | |
Identifying Rhetorical Strategies in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Canon of Invention | |
Canon of Organization in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Canon of Style in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Canon of Delivery in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Interdependence of Invention, Organization, Style, and Delivery in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Canon of Memory in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Special Situations and Rhetorical Strategies | |
Conclusion | |
Worksheet for Identifying Rhetorical Strategies in Organizational Texts | |
Rhetorical Situations in Organizations | |
The Importance of Context in Rhetoric | |
Two Perspectives on Rhetorical Situations | |
The Rhetorical Situation in Organizational Rhetoric | |
Researching the Rhetorical Situation | |
Conclusion | |
Case Study: A Showdown Over Power in Texas | |
Worksheet for Describing Rhetorical Situations in Organizations | |
Critical Approaches to Organizational Rhetoric | |
Historical Overview | |
Key Ideas in Critical Approaches to Organization Studies and Organizational Rhetoric | |
Summary of the Key Concepts in Critical Theory/Perspectives | |
Making Choices: Ethics and Organizational Rhetoric | |
Conclusion | |
Note | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Organizational Rhetoric | |
Two Approaches to Analyzing Organizational Rhetoric | |
Conclusion | |
Worksheet for Conducting an Evaluative Reading | |
Worksheet for Conducting a Critical Reading | |
Identity Creation and Maintenance Rhetoric | |
The Foundation for Identity Rhetoric: Organizational Identity | |
Identity Building Rhetoric | |
Identity Maintenance Rhetoric | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Identity Creation and Maintenance Rhetoric | |
Conclusion | |
Case Study: "Who Says the Internet Is Only For Young People?" Identity and Disaster Relief | |
Rhetoric About Issues | |
Defining Issues and Issue Management in Organizations | |
Foundation for Understanding Issues Rhetoric: Issue Life Cycles | |
Issue Management: The Rhetorical Situation | |
Strategies for Rhetoric About Issues | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Rhetoric About Issues | |
Conclusion | |
Case Study: Menu Labeling---Healthy Idea or Big Brother? | |
Rhetoric About Organizational Risk | |
Defining Risk in Organizations | |
Foundations for Understanding Risk Rhetoric | |
The Rhetorical Situation for Risk Rhetoric | |
Strategies for Rhetoric About Risk | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Rhetoric About Risk | |
Conclusion | |
Case Study: No Bodies in My Backyard | |
Crisis Rhetoric | |
Defining Rhetoric About Crisis | |
Foundation for Understanding Crisis Rhetoric: Life Cycle of a Crisis | |
Crisis Management: The Rhetorical Situation | |
Strategies in Crisis Rhetoric | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Organizational Rhetoric About Crisis | |
Case Study: The Perfect Storm | |
Organizational Rhetoric for Internal Audiences | |
The Rhetorical Situation in Internal Organizational Rhetoric | |
Rhetorical Strategies for Internal Messages | |
Evaluating and Critiquing Internal Organizational Rhetoric | |
Conclusion | |
Case Study: A New Record---Transitioning to Electronic Medical Records | |
Epilogue: The Ancient Art of Rhetoric in a Complex Organizational World | |
Rhetoric in a Globalized Organizational World | |
Corporate Rhetoric in Nonprofit Organizations | |
Traditional Rhetorical Strategies in Contemporary Forms | |
The Environment as Situation and Strategy | |
Appendix: Worksheets for Analyzing Organizational Rhetoric | |
Worksheet for Identifying Rhetorical Strategies in Organizational Texts | |
Worksheet for Describing Rhetorical Situations in Organizations | |
Worksheet for Conducting an Evaluative Reading | |
Worksheet for Conducting a Critical Reading | |
References | |
Index | |
About the Authors | |
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