Myths, Stories, and Organizations

Premodern Narratives for Our Times
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-926447-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 564 g

Key Features:- Narrative and storytelling are key perspectivesin the social sciences, and interest has recently extended to management studies and organizational theory.
- Short readable chapters.
- One of the fastest growing areas of management theory
Contents:

Barbara Czarniawska: Preface; Yiannis Gabriel: Introduction; Part I: The Knowledge Narratives: Experience, Learning, and Truth; Yiannis Gabriel: The Narrative Veil; Silvia Gherardi: Knowing as Desire: Dante's Ulisse at the End of the Known World; Peter Case: The Blind People and the Elephant; Dimitris Kyrtatas: Heaven and Paradise: Western Ways of Perfect (Non)-Organization; Part II: The Heroic Narratives: Achievement, Leadership, and Power; Keith Grint: Overcoming the Hydra: Leaderless Groups and Terrorism; Robert French and Patrick Moore: Divided Neither in Life nor in Death: Friendship and Leadership in the Story of David and Jonathan; Donncha Kavanagh and Majella O'Leary: The Legend of Cu Chulainn: Exploring Organization Theory's Heroic Odyssey; Part III: The Tragic Narratives: Postmodernity and its Discontents; Peter Pelzer: The Flying Dutchman and the Discontents of Postmodernity; Yvonne Guerrier: Arachne and Minerva: Women, Power, and Realization; Ulrich Gehmann: Prometheus, the Quest for Knowledge and the Promise of Salvation through Technique; Diana Winstanley: Phaethon, the Struggle for Identity, and the Reins of Power; Heather Hopfl: The Hymn to Demeter: The Curse of Insatiable Consumption; Part IV: The Reflexive Narratives: Emotion, Identity, and the Nature of Relations in Organizations; David Sims: The Velveteen Rabbit and the Emotional Construction of Organizations; Tony Watson: Shy William and the Gaberlunzie Girl

Zielgruppe

Academics and students interested in organizational theory, the use of narrative, and the nature of postmodernity, management consultants interested in using storytelling to explore issues of organization, general readers interested in myths and stories and their role in the modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gabriel, Yiannis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wirtschaftsethik, Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Coaching, Training, Supervision
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- Introduction

- Part I: The Knowledge Narratives: Experience, Learning, and Truth

- 1: Yiannis Gabriel: The Narrative Veil

- 2: Silvia Gherardi: Knowing as Desire: Dante's Ulisse at the End of the Known World

- 3: Peter Case: The Blind People and the Elephant

- 4: Dimitris Kyrtatas: Heaven and Paradise: Western Ways of Perfect (Non)-Organization

- Part II: The Heroic Narratives: Achievement, Leadership, and Power

- 5: Keith Grint: Overcoming the Hydra: Leaderless Groups and Terrorism

- 6: Robert French and Patrick Moore: Divided Neither in Life nor in Death: Friendship and Leadership in the Story of David and Jonathan

- 7: Donncha Kavanagh and Majella O'Leary: The Legend of Cu Chulainn: Exploring Organization Theory's Heroic Odyssey

- Part III: The Tragic Narratives: Postmodernity and its Discontents

- 8: Peter Pelzer: The Flying Dutchman and the Discontents of Postmodernity

- 9: Yvonne Guerrier: Arachne and Minerva: Women, Power, and Realization

- 10: Ulrich Gehmann: Prometheus, the Quest for Knowledge and the Promise of Salvation through Technique

- 11: Diana Winstanley: Phaethon, the Struggle for Identity, and the Reins of Power

- 12: Heather Hopfl: The Hymn to Demeter: The Curse of Insatiable Consumption

- Part IV: The Reflexive Narratives: Emotion, Identity, and the Nature of Relations in Organizations

- 13: David Sims: The Velveteen Rabbit and the Emotional Construction of Organizations

- 14: Tony Watson: Shy William and the Gaberlunzie Girl

Über Autor(innen)

Yiannis Gabriel is Professor of Organizational Theory, School of Management, Imperial College, having taught previously at Thames Polytechnic and Bath University. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, where he also carried out post-graduate studies in industrial sociology. He has a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. His main research interests are in organizational and psychoanalytic theories, consumer and cultural studies. He has written numerous books and articles and is well-known for his work on storytelling in organizations. He has carried out research on leadership, management learning, the dissemination of organizational knowledge, and chaos and complexity in organizations. He has been Editor of the journal Management Learning and is Associate Editor of Human Relations.