ABSTRACT

In this paper we put the concepts of reset, aprosdoketon and minor gesture to work in the context of organizational narratives. In particular we engage with two iconic characters of the genre of organizational fiction, Don Draper in the context of Mad Men TV series and the copyist, who is the main character of Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville. Through a series of textual and performative writings we explore the possibility of setting and resetting organizational narratives/genre. Moreover, we explore what happens when fictional characters from a TV series and a novel (Bartleby and Don Draper) meet us – three scholars working in an array of different fields (literary, methodology, education and organization studies) and how this meeting and interaction shapes our understandings of work, culture, and organizations.

摘要

在本文中，我们将“重置”，“ prosdoketon”和“次要手势”的概念用于组织叙事的上下文中。特别是，我们与组织小说类型的两个标志性人物交往，《疯狂男人》电视剧中的唐·德雷珀（Don Draper）和抄写员巴比比的主要人物是抄写员。赫尔曼·梅尔维尔（Herman Melville）着。通过一系列文本和表演性著作，我们探索了设置和重置组织叙事/体裁的可能性。此外，我们探索了电视连续剧和小说中的虚构人物（巴特比和唐·德雷珀）遇到我们时发生的情况–三位学者在不同领域（文学，方法论，教育和组织研究）开展工作，以及这次会议和互动如何塑造我们对工作，文化和组织的理解。