Dramatism as method: the promise of praxis

Graham‐Hill, Steve; Grimes, A. J.

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“…70–2). Studies in organizations purporting to derive their method from Burke – however indirectly – have been undertaken (Case, 2001; Graham‐Hill and Grimes 2001; Kendall, 1993; Mangham and Overington, 1983; Pine and Gilmore, 1999; Walker and Monin, 2001). [1] As Geertz (1983 p. 27) remarked some 20 years ago, Burke's influence is ‘at once enormous and – because almost no one actually uses his baroque vocabulary, with its reductions, ratios and so on – elusive’.…”

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From Dramaturgy to Theatre as Technology: The Case of Corporate Theatre*

Clark

Mangham

2003

J Management Studies

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 This article examines a piece of corporate theatre. Although theatre has entered organization studies through the dramatistic writing of Kenneth Burke and the dramaturgical writings of Erving Goffman, this article is concerned with an approach variously described as organizational, radical, situation or corporate theatre that treats theatre not primarily as a resource, an ontology or a metaphor but as a technology. This approach involves the deployment by an organization of dramatists, actors, directors, set designers, lighting specialists, and musicians to put on performances in front of audiences. Using frameworks derived from studies of theatre a particular piece of corporate theatre is described and analysed. It is argued that this form of theatre appears to be used to contain reflection and to promote the views of a particular group within an organization. It does not confront an audience but subtly suggests alternative ways of evaluating, construing and understanding issues. This may be achieved by anaesthetizing audience reaction by encouraging imaginative participation in the performance so that cherished beliefs and values do not appear to be directly challenged.

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From Dramaturgy to Theatre as Technology: The Case of Corporate Theatre*

Clark

Mangham

2003

J Management Studies

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“…Especially in the past two decades, there have been many studies conducted to measure the efficiency of training with drama by scientists dealing with the business management field (Baron, Harris et.al, 2001;Beckwith, 2003;Corsun, Young, McManus, & Erdem, 2006;Cunha, Kamoche, & Cunda, 1999;Fisk & Grove, 1996;Gardner & Avolio, 1998;Gibb, 2004;Goddard, 1999;Goodwin, 1996;Grahan-Hill & Grimes, 2001;Harris & Spiro, 1981;Harvey, 2001;Higgs, 1993;Higgs, 1993;Hsu, 1989;Häpfl & Schreyägg, 2004;Mayer, 2001;Moshavi, 2001;O'Neill & Lambert, 1982;Pearce, 2006;Pearce & Jackson,2006;Vera, 2004;Williams & Anderson, 2005) When the literature is reviewed, it is observed that mostly the "Creative Drama" -with its more common name "Role Playing"-type is used as the subject of many studies in the business management literature in the early periods when drama technique was first used.…”

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The Effects of Drama Training on Interpersonal Management Skill of Managers

Kökalan

2017

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“…Marketing (Fisk & Grove, 1996;Goodwin, 1996) and Organisational Management (Gardner, 1992;Graham-Hill & Grimes, 2001;Harvey, 2001;Oswick et al, 2001;Walker & Monin, 2001;Wood, 2002). Following the examples of Goffman (1959) and Burns (1972), who each use the concepts and terminology in theatre to make the 'unfamiliar social world' accessible to others, I saw potential for using this metaphor here, to provide a consistent means of describing behaviour across the different samples and sites proposed.…”

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Comparing complementary health centres in the UK and Europe that use a combination of therapies

Croke

2010

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

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Comparing complementary health centres in the UK and Europe that use a combination of therapies Research performances in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) can often lack the holistic nature of the therapies they study, and thereby fail to capture or adequately report holistic outcomes. This creates a problem when trying to assess and utilise research results, and may even contribute to conflicting evidence of CAM potential. Current CAM literature is dominated by a variety of studies that attempt different objectives, underpinned by different understandings, but often without holistic values. To enact a 'new quality' in CAM research this study sought to engage CAM practice, holistically, and see what can be learned from this. A novel methodology of Theatricality was developed for the task and applied, as an adjunct to Ethnography, within five clinics across four European countries (UK, Holland, Cyprus and Denmark). Findings reveal a unique view of CAM practice, wherein the target of therapy was most often people not problems, and the quality of outcomes was determined by the contextual blend of these people (characters), interventions (plot) and places (set); this was different across the different settings. The research was similarly affected, with the ability to engage more holistically where participants acted more holistically. In all cases, there was an active dichotomy between holism and reductionism, which participants both manage and mediate, in their different acts and outcomes.While the double-blind RCT remains, for many, the 'gold standard' in healthcare (including CAM) research, this study challenges those current paradigms and popular aims to enact a different story. Applying a holistic paradigm opens up a different 'intellectual space' for this, creating a new potential for both complex and complete outcomes. It also reveals important lessons about the experience of viewing and engaging with diverse social worlds (including academia), which may stimulate other researchers to seek, appreciate, value and challenge the 'quality' in their own research.

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Dramatism as method: the promise of praxis

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

From Dramaturgy to Theatre as Technology: The Case of Corporate Theatre*

From Dramaturgy to Theatre as Technology: The Case of Corporate Theatre*

The Effects of Drama Training on Interpersonal Management Skill of Managers

Comparing complementary health centres in the UK and Europe that use a combination of therapies

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