The Significance of Enterprise Monuments in the Social Space Cover Image

Znaczenie pomników przedsiębiorstw w przestrzeni społecznej
The Significance of Enterprise Monuments in the Social Space

Author(s): Marcin Laberschek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Methodology and research technology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: business monuments; significance of monuments; monuments in management; visual identification; social space of enterprises

Summary/Abstract: Monuments that are in the social space refer not only to events, figures, and symbols that are important to a given community. There are also monuments related to the functioning of various types of enterprises. Such monuments, understood as a material expression of organizational culture, can be considered from the point of view of management sciences. Like every monument, also those that are business- or enterprise-related have an impact on the surroundings, including the social space. The aim of this paper is to find an answer to the question: What is the significance of business monuments in the social space? In order to get an answer, the author analyzed forty enterprise monuments and has determined that their social significance manifests on several levels: organizational identity, mythical, ideological, aesthetic, enactive, and provocative.

  • Issue Year: XV/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 136-161
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish