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Stories and Language

Jillian Kelley

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Language and stories

  • Language reveals details about an organization’s mission and values, power dynamics, and comes in many forms.
  • Stories are used to explain organizational history, standard operating procdures, and unite group members

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Language

  • Mission statement
  • Power relationships
  • Different mediums

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Stories

  • Organizational history
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Comradery
  • Future thinking

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Conclusion

  1. Language is used in an organization to introduce new members to an organization’s values, as well as reveal power dynamics. Language comes in many forms.
  2. Stories reveal organizational history which provides new group members the do’s and dont’s of the organization and compares written and understood rules.
  3. Stories also push the organization to be innovative, and brings members closer together as a team.