%0 Journal Article %T Management discourse: Talking the power walk in organizational communication %A Birgitte Norlyk %J Language at Work : Bridging Theory and Practice %D 2012 %I %X How does management talk the power walk in organizations? By giving straightforward orders since this is a traditional managerial prerogative which does not require an understanding of the subtleties of discourse and the finer aspects of interpersonal communication? Or should management avoid potentially face-threatening orders and concentrate on subtle and discreet manifestations of power in which discourse becomes an important tool when communicating with internal and external stakeholders? %U http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/law/article/view/6186