Displaying competence in organizations: discourse perspectives

Competence encompasses or overlaps with notions of efficiency, success, accountability, excellence and self-justification. This collection explores ways inwhich individuals, teams or groups in organizations discursively present themselves as competent to perform tasks or functions, possibly at a superior level. KATJA PELSMAEKERS & CRAIG ROLLO teach in the English section of the Department of International Business Communication at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Katja's research interests lie in the fields of Discourse Analysis in organizational settings, situated language use and multilingual comprehension, and in English for Specific Purposes. Craig's research interests are in the fields of Discourse Analysis in organizational settings, language contact (particularly in Central Europe) and in English for Specific Purposes. TOM VAN HOUT Assistant Professor in the Humanities Faculty at Leiden University, Netherlands, and visiting lecturer in the Department of Management at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He holds a PhD in linguistics from Ghent University and specializes in institutional communication, in particular journalism studies. PRISCILLA HEYNDERICKX Teaches Dutch and business communication at the Department ofApplied Language Studies of Lessius (Antwerp - Belgium) and is affiliated researcher of the K.U.Leuven. She is chief editor of 'Ad Rem', a journal of business communication (www.vvvz.be/AdRem ). Her research focuses on business communication. . INDICE: List Of Contributors - Acknowledgements - Discourse Perspectives on Competence in Organizations; 'T.Van Hout', 'K.Pelsmaekers', 'P.Heynderickx' & 'C.Rollo' - 'Taking Ownership': Language and Ethnicity in the Job Interview;'C.Roberts - 'Equality for Those Who are Competent. Discourses on Competencies, Diversity and Equality in the Public Sector; 'S.Scheepers - 'The Language of Power. An Analysis of a Corpus of CEO Letters; 'B.Hendriks' & 'M.Van Mulken'- The Successful 2008 Presidential Candidate: How Political Weblogs Have Contributed in Shaping the American Electorate's Preferences; 'G.Riboni' - The Representation of Competence in Newspaper Interviews. A Linguistic-Pragmatic Discourse Analysis of the (Self-)Representation of Journalists and Politicians in Written Interviews; 'M.Temmerman - 'Competence on Display: Crafting Stories During Newsroom Editorial Conferences; 'T.Van Hout' & 'E.Van Praet' - Interpreting Competence: Nursing Staff and Family Members as Ad-Hoc Interpreters in Hospitals; 'B.Pawlack' - The Discursive Construal of Purpose by Means of Competence in German and English Corporate Mission Statements; 'B.Meex' & 'H.Verplaetse- ''Adam Smith for Diocesan Missioner': Legitimation in Religious Discourse; 'G.Mautner' - References - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-28263-6
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés