2017
DOI: 10.1108/qrom-05-2016-1381
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Evaluation of a management development programme: a critical discourse analysis

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the management development (MD) programme in the Ghanaian mining industry. A legal requirement aimed at equipping national managers for eventual takeover of the management of industry from expatriates, the programme is analysed to ascertain the willingness to implement and the state of implementation by multinational companies operation in the industry. Design/methodology/approach The study employs critical discourse analysis (CDA), a problem-identification an… Show more

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“…In relation to the three views, out-group may not only include outsiders or mostly Westerners. If powerful indigenous people in the community contribute to the problem that affects the larger people and the powerful suppress the solutions of such problem (Oppong, 2017), they may be out-group and indigenous methodology will be applicable, provided the researcher is an indigenous person who can use methods and techniques drawn from the traditions of those people being researched. Such powerful indigenous people are described as the ‘colonized elites’ (Oppong, 2017).…”
Section: Proposed Methodologiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In relation to the three views, out-group may not only include outsiders or mostly Westerners. If powerful indigenous people in the community contribute to the problem that affects the larger people and the powerful suppress the solutions of such problem (Oppong, 2017), they may be out-group and indigenous methodology will be applicable, provided the researcher is an indigenous person who can use methods and techniques drawn from the traditions of those people being researched. Such powerful indigenous people are described as the ‘colonized elites’ (Oppong, 2017).…”
Section: Proposed Methodologiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In line with the purposes of this particular study and developed methodology, we have opted to omit the perspective that incorporated multiplicity of discourses within an organization (Alvesson and Karreman, 2000). Instead, we focus on an organizational change literature based on a unified conception of texts and discourse (Bathurst and Monin, 2010; Grant et al , 2005; Vaara and Tienari, 2010; Taesung, 2015; Oppong, 2017; Rosenberg and Keller, 2016). Any change effort is likely to create some degree of change, even if not be entirely in line with targets (Czarniawska, 2008).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%