David Grant

Metaphor and Organizations

Herausgeber: Grant, David; Oswick, Clifford

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Produktbeschreibung

`This anthology presents some current ideas and controversies on the uses of metaphors in organisational studies and offers a valuable overview of the field.... framed by a lucid introduction and a concluding summary and suggestions for future research by the editors' - Work, Employment and SocietyMetaphors are, according to Gareth Morgan `a way of thinking and a way of seeing'. Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this collection of critical essays analyzes the role of metaphor in the theory of organizations. The introduction shows how metaphors work and familiarizes the reader with key areas of debate concerning their use. Part One considers the role of metaphor in creating new theories of organization and in reinterpreting existing theories. Parts Two and Three go beyond the theoretical context, to examine the use of metaphor in our organizational experience. Part Two explores metaphor in organizational discourse and language, showing how the construction of different metaphors can provide powerful tools with which to manage organizations. Part Three investigates the relevance of metaphors in real organizational situations and how they influence attitudes and behaviour. Finally, Part Four offers an agenda for the function of metaphors in organizational research and suggests new directions that this research might take.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780803976306
• ISBN-10: 0803976305
• Artikelnr.: 29726178

Autorenporträt

David and Carrie Grant are BAFTA award-winning broadcasters, vocal coaches, leadership coaches and campaigners. Their TV and music career has spanned over 35 years and they have been awarded a MOBO award and a BASCA for their lifetime services to the music industry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - David Grant and Cliff Oswick
Getting the Measure of Metaphors
PART ONE: METAPHORS OF ORGANIZATION: SCOPE AND APPLICATION
Some Consequences of Taking Gareth Morgan Seriously - Iain L Mangham
Metaphor in the Development of Organization Theory - Geoffrey MacKechnie
and Gemma Donnelly-Cox
The Triune-Brain Metaphor - Gerrit Broekstra
The Evolution of the Living Organization
Metaphors in Organizational Research - Stewart R Clegg and John T Gray
Of Embedded Embryos, Paradigms and Powerful People
PART TWO: METAPHORS OF ORGANIZING: LANGUAGE AND DISCOURSE
Metaphors in Popular Management Discourse - Richard Dunford and Ian Palmer
The Case of Corporate Restructuring
Metaphor in Organization Theory - Dawn E Inns and Philip J Jones
Following in the Footsteps of the Poet?
Metaphors and Metaphorization in Organizational Analysis - Robert Chia
Thinking beyond the Thinkable
PART THREE: METAPHORS IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS: IMPACT AND OUTCOMES
Metaphors, Metaphoric Fields and Organizational Change - Robert J Marshak
Telling Tales - Timothy Clark and Graeme Salaman
Management Consultancy as the Art of Story Telling
In the Image of Man - Erik D[o with a line thru]oving
Organizational Action, Competence and Learning
Can You Resist a Dream? Evangelical Metaphors and the Appropriation of
Emotion - Heather H[um]opfl and Julie Maddrell
PART FOUR: METAPHOR AND ORGANIZATIONS: ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS
The Organization of Metaphors and the Metaphors of Organization - Cliff
Oswick and David Grant
Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?
An Afterword - Gareth Morgan
Is There Anything More to Be Said about Metaphor?