名正也需言順：科技部的組織疆界分析

Language that Matters: The Organizational Boundary of the MOST

本研究結合溝通建構組織觀點與賦名視角，探討組織領導人如何透過賦名的方式，定義與建構組織的疆界與活動。在方法上，我們採用主題建模的方法，蒐集並分析台灣立法院的施政質詢發言紀錄，探討在國科會改制為科技部後，部會首長如何透過框架賦名，對外定義並正當化科技部的主管範疇、執掌與活動。我們的研究發現，產學鏈結、科技創新、跨部會整合以及人文社會，是形塑科技部主管範疇與業務活動的四個重要基石。我們也同時指出，組織疆界的賦名是一個漸進與延續的動態過程；組織領導人在定義並正當化組織疆界時，傾向於以延續與擴展舊有框架的方式，發展出易於外界理解與接受的熟悉框架，以獲取正當性與建構新的組織權責與範疇。

This paper draws on the communicative constitution of organizations and framing perspectives to explore how organizational boundaries are defined, constructed, and legitimated through a strategically linguistic process. Empirically, using data from Taiwan’s legislative system, we employed topic modeling to examine how the Ministry of Science and Technology was strategically and linguistically framed by its leaders to define the new mission and activities and thus gain the power for agency. We identified the topics of industry-academia linkage, technological innovation, cross-ministry integration, and humanities and social sciences as strategic frames critical to structuring and empowering the newly created institute. We also show that defining new boundaries through framing is a gradual, continuous dynamic process.