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The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity (2012)
Journal Article
Gaggiotti, H. (2012). The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(2), 265-282. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811211213946

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to expand understanding about the rhetoric of synergy and how it is manifested in a global corporation, Tubworld (name changed), during a period of mergers and acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach: The metho... Read More about The rhetoric of synergy in a global corporation: Visual and oral narratives of mimesis and similarity.

Official chronicles of corporate globalization and unofficial stories of international mobility: Resisting patronage of meaning? (2010)
Journal Article
Gaggiotti, H. (2010). Official chronicles of corporate globalization and unofficial stories of international mobility: Resisting patronage of meaning?. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 23(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534811011031337

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse contradictions, similarities, and differences between official corporate chronicles and individual stories of international managers of a multinational company. Design/methodology/approach: The analysi... Read More about Official chronicles of corporate globalization and unofficial stories of international mobility: Resisting patronage of meaning?.

Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments (2009)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S., & Gaggiotti, H. (2009). Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 3(3-4), 222-240. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJKMS.2009.028838

The paper draws on a study of a manufacturing company which delivers engineering solutions, through projects, to customers in the international oil and gas industry. It focuses on the problem of persistent project delays and failure to meet promised... Read More about Who cares about project deadlines? A processual relational perspective on problems with information sharing in project environments.

Un lugar en su sitio : narrativas y organización cultural urbana en el espacio latinoamericano (2006)
Book
Gaggiotti, H. (2006). Un lugar en su sitio : narrativas y organización cultural urbana en el espacio latinoamericano

How a city organised? What does a group of people to define and begin their urban cultural practices? Why do places become symbols, by whom or from whom do some places occupy a "space" while others remain in an apparent lack of definition? "A place o... Read More about Un lugar en su sitio : narrativas y organización cultural urbana en el espacio latinoamericano.

Origins of Organizing
Book
Peltonen, T., Gaggiotti, H., & Case, P. (2018). T. Peltonen, H. Gaggiotti, & P. Case (Eds.), Origins of Organizing. Edward Elgar

Despite of the accumulating body of research on the birth of organizations and organizing, there have been astonishingly few contributions that challenge the established consensus of the social and philosophical programs marking the origin of organiz... Read More about Origins of Organizing.

Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing
Book Chapter
Peltonen, T., Gaggiotti, H., & Case, P. (2018). Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing. In H. Gaggiotti, P. Case, & T. Peltonen (Eds.), Origins of Organizing. Edward Elgar

How might we imagine the origins of organizing? We trust that most readers of this volume will agree that this is a thought provoking and challenging question. Are we to anchor the origins of organizing to specific historical events, to particular ph... Read More about Introduction: In search of alternative origins of organizing.