Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon

Given my position as an adviser to the board and due to what emerged as a topic in
my research I will also reflect upon the position of (me as) a corporate jester. Without
going into detail right here I conclude that a bricoleur, blessed with a good share of
irony, appeared to be an apt description of the work I do. A contribution of my research
to the field of OMS is a reflection on what advisory work might imply, or more
specific what kind of adviser appears to be needed for some sort of rumbling on the
rumbling on performativity.
1.6 A send-off
This thesis is a report about the process and substance of my (re)search trying to
understand what I experience in my daily organizational life and how I act on this. The
narratives - including the analyses and reflections – have been written between 2010
and 2014. They are presented in the version which was agreed to during the research.
The narratives are a way exploring my experiences, not to be read as a concluded or
completed subject or article.
There are some restrictions. Important to note is that these narratives were read and
evaluated in a private, confidential and conversational sphere within the learning
group and by the people involved. Wherever I assumed that people personally could be
harmed in my narrative I have removed that section. Where I assumed a need to
explain something for a reader I have added information, for instance by giving a short
introduction on every narrative or the topic, or by introducing short headlines or a
short introductory comment to indicate what comes next. At the end of each chapter I
reflect on what the specific narrative, analyses and reflections have brought me
anticipating the final reflections in the last chapter. Just to be unambiguous: chapters
3, 4 5 and 6 contain an introduction and a reflection in hindsight which as such do not
belong to the narrative and the initial analyses and reflections.
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