Undertake a study of organisational texts or talk at work.

Undertake a study of organisational texts or talk at work.You will need to select a different case study to that submitted previously. This will involve collecting data (either audio recordings or other texts), identifying an adequate approach amongst those studied in the module, and analysing the data in this light to draw out original findings. The students are expected to make significant use of lecture materials, case studies, core readings and additional readings sourced by the student themselves.The study should draw on an analytic approach within the traditions of the organisational discourse or institutional talk programmes. The study should consider issues of relevance to our understanding of work and organisations; e.g. the discursive construction of organisational identities; the institutional character of talk; organisational storytelling; corporate rhetoric; etc.For example, data can include one or a combination of:• Recordings of relevant audio or video materials found on YouTube• Organisational documents or marketing materials (e.g. official reports; company recruitment literature; adverts; product packaging; etc.)• Websites (e.g. corporate websites, etc.)• Audio recordings of organisational talk collected by the student• Etc.Marks will be assigned to the:• introduction to, and motivation for, the research study• account of the analytic approach adopted, including the choice, descriptionand selection of the research data, and demonstration of fit between topic,approach and methods. Reference to and discussion of existing literature (methodological, theoretical, or empirical research) is particularly expected here.• quality of the data analysis (which should include insightful observations; be organised into meaningful analytic themes; and be clearly evidenced by appropriate qualitative data)• discussion of the relevance of the findings for the study of work and organisations.

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