Communication scholars, especially in organizational communication, call for a constitutive approach to communication that considers communicating and organizing as a single process. Yet, current theorizing seems unable to embrace that equivalence. As an alternative, we present an informationally grounded view of communication drawing from French philosopher Gilbert Simondon. Doing so, we extend scholarship on the communicative constitution of organization by highlighting the importance of framing communication in the context of informational individuation. Following a critical summary of constitutive communication theories, we provide a brief exegesis of Simondon’s concepts of individuation and transduction, which bind information and communication, and contribute four propositions to guide informationally-grounded work on the constitutive power of communication. We then emphasize how a Simondonian view contributes to discussions on the communicating–organizing equation. We end by providing a brief empirical example and analysis using key take-aways from a Simondonian framework and offer areas for further discussion.

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作为信息个体的组织构成

传播学者，尤其是在组织传播方面，呼吁采用一种将传播和组织视为一个单一过程的构成性传播方法。然而，当前的理论似乎无法接受这种等价性。作为替代方案，我们提出了法国哲学家吉尔伯特·西蒙东 (Gilbert Simondon) 的基于信息的交流观点。这样做，我们通过强调在信息个性化的背景下构建沟通的重要性，扩展了对组织沟通构成的研究。在对构成性传播理论的批判性总结之后，我们对西蒙东的个性化和转导概念进行了简要的解释，这些概念将信息和传播结合在一起，并提出四个命题来指导基于信息的交流构成力量的工作。然后我们强调西蒙多尼派的观点如何有助于讨论交流-组织等式。最后，我们使用 Simondonian 框架中的关键要点提供了一个简短的实证示例和分析，并提供了进一步讨论的领域。