Investigating Interdiscursivity in Hospital Strategic Plans Using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Migrant ESOL Learners: a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Strategy and Discourse : a Foucauldian Analysis

Investigating Strategic Inertia Using OrgSwarm

This study describes a novel simulation model (OrgSwarm) of the process of strategic adaptation. Strategic adaptation is conceptualized as a process of adaptation (search), on a landscape of strategic possibilities, by a population of profit-seeking organizations. Unfortunately, the characteristics that make organizations coherent and viable such as organizational structure and shared organizat...

A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Current Anti-bullying Policies in Ontario

This study asks how school bullying is conceptualized in current anti-bullying policies in Ontario. Policy documents PPM 144 (Bullying Prevention and Intervention, 2012), PPM 145 (Progressive Discipline and Promoting Positive Student Behaviour, 2012), and the Model Plan (the Working Draft: Safe and Accepting Schools Model Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan, 2013) are examined. Drawing up...

Whose Discourse? A Comparison of the Foucauldian and Habermasian Concepts of Discourse in Critical IS Research

The concept of discourse is of high importance for non-positivist research in information systems. At the same time there are different concepts of discourse that are used simultaneously and often without clear recognition what their choice entails. This paper therefore aims to clarify the conceptual basis of working with discourses in IS research. In order to do this it describes and compares ...