Making history happen: a genealogical analysis of Colt’s rhetorical history

Poor, Stephen; Novičević, Milorad M.; Humphreys, John H.; Popoola, Ifeoluwa Tobi

doi:10.1080/17449359.2016.1151361

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“…Our review shows that narratives are strategically used as instruments for representing the past. In fact, previous research has focused on narratives about the past, present, and future to achieve specific organizational ends, as captured by the extensive work on rhetorical history (e.g., Lubinski, 2018;Poor, Novicevic, Humphreys, & Popoola, 2016;Suddaby et al, 2010;Suddaby et al, In press). Further, scholars are beginning to recognize the material-discursive constitution of memory and develop research uncovering the role of materiality in memory work (e.g., Blagoev et al, 2018;Crawford et al, 2022;Eisenman & Frenkel, 2021;Wadhwani, Suddaby, Mordhorst, & Popp, 2018).…”

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“…Hatch & Schultz, 2017). There are various uses of historicizing including, but not limited to, constructing collective identity (Lamertz, Foster, Coraiola, & Kroezen, 2016;Schultz & Hernes, 2013), emphasizing continuity and change with the past (Maclean et al, 2014;Sasaki, Kotlar, Ravasi, & Vaara, 2020;Ybema, 2014), crafting image and authenticity (Hatch & Schultz, 2017;Poor et al, 2016), and building identification (Aeon & Lamertz, 2021;Foroughi, 2020).…”

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Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities

Coraiola

Foster

Mena

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In this paper we review and synthesize the growing sociology-informed literature on organizational memory studies (OMS). Sociological approaches have recently emerged in management and organization studies focused on the study of collective memory as a social construction of the past. To organize this literature, we develop an ecological view of collective memory. This perspective sees organizations as constituted by a variety of mnemonic communities and, simultaneously, part of a broader ecology of mnemonic communities. We use this framework to guide our review of the various forms of memory work within and between mnemonic communities. Our review shows that much of the sociologically-informed research has focused on memory work within communities. We also identify an emerging interest in the study of memory work between communities. In conclusion, we discuss possible future directions and outline a three-point agenda for future research that calls for a better understanding of the relational dynamics of memory with a focus on how it is collectively organized, how it is influenced by ethical and institutional standards, and how it is used for political and commercial purposes.

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Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities

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Foster

Mena

et al. 2023

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“…Collectively, we have learned that organizations and brands as varied as Cadbury (Rowlinson & Hassard, 1993), Tim Hortons (Foster et al, 2011), Colt Firearms (Poor, Novicevic, Humphreys, & Popoola, 2016), Hudson's Bay Company (A. Smith & Simeone, 2017), Carlsberg (Hatch & Schultz, 2017, Jack Daniels (Holt, 2006), Absolut Vodka (Hamilton, 2001;Ooi, 2002), and many less prominent ones (Oertel & Thommes, 2015) have all engaged in acts of organizational historicizing (Hatch & Schultz, 2017).…”

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Changing Attitudes toward Executive Perquisites: Indications from TARP

Carrothers¹,

Yao²

2019

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This paper examines what happened to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) monetary and nonmonetary compensation at Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 firms in the years surrounding the 2008 financial crisis and in the context of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) legislation. We use novel data on executive perks at S&P 500 firms from 2006 to 2012. Overall, the results are consistent with lasting impact on nonmonetary compensation and temporary impact on monetary compensation.

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“…As Illia and Zamparini (2016) in their study of the uses of history by Spanish hotels, corporate historical narratives appropriate pieces of the cultural 'commons' , the sense of the past shared by people in particular community. Poor et al (2016) suggest that the success of the rhetorical history strategy of Colt, an American gunmaker, was due to the resonance between the firm's historical narratives and the 'national mythology' of the frontier. These findings are congruent with the research by marketing academics who have developed our understanding of how social memory, corporate heritage, and consumer nostalgia for particular 'imagined decades' are enlisted to help sell products and build brands (Balmer and Burghausen 2015).…”

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Learning to use the past: the development of a rhetorical history strategy by the London headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company

Smith

Simeone

2017

Management & Organizational History

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Organization studies scholars are increasingly interested in how managers use the past to obtain competitive advantage. Little research has been done on the history of the corporate use of history which means that we know little about the circumstances in which the corporate use of rhetorical history was pioneered. This paper historicizes rhetorical history. It uses the experience of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to develop understanding of how companies used the past to advance interests in the face of political threats. Founded in 1670, the HBC is one of the oldest firms in the Western world. For much of its history, its senior managers invested few resources in the firm's 'heritage infrastructure' and rarely used history in its communication with outside stakeholders. This paper shows how it learned to use history as a strategic asset gradually and by observing other firms. At the end of World War I, it began to make substantial investments in heritage infrastructure. This allowed the firm to turn its long history into an asset. This paper stresses the politicized nature of the corporate use of the past.

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Making history happen: a genealogical analysis of Colt’s rhetorical history

Cited by 15 publications

References 49 publications

Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities

Ecologies of Memories: Memory Work Within and Between Organizations and Communities

Changing Attitudes toward Executive Perquisites: Indications from TARP

Learning to use the past: the development of a rhetorical history strategy by the London headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Company

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