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Narrating the Organization: Dramas of Institutional Identity (New Practices of Inquiry)
Barbara Czarniawska
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Paperback. Studying the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about organizational life and subject it to abstract and metaphorical interpretation. Using a narrative approach, the book employs literary devices to reveal the workings of organizations. Series: New Practices of Inquiry S. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354. Dramas of Institutional Identity. Series: New Practices of Inquiry S. 242 pages. Studying the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about organizational life and subject it to abstract and metaphorical interpretation. Using a narrative approach, the book employs literary devices to reveal the workings of organizations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KJU. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight: 356.
Investigating the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about organizational life and subject it to abstract and metaphorical interpretation. Using a narrative approach, the author employs literary devices to uncover the workings of organizations. She applys cultural metaphors to public administration in Sweden to demonstrate, for example, how the dynamics of a screenplay can illuminate the budget disputes of an organization. She shows how the interpretive description of organizational worlds works as a distinct genre of social analysis, and her study discloses the paradoxical nature of organizational life: we follow routine ... Read more
Investigating the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about organizational life and subject it to abstract and metaphorical interpretation. Using a narrative approach, the author employs literary devices to uncover the workings of organizations. She applys cultural metaphors to public administration in Sweden to demonstrate, for example, how the dynamics of a screenplay can illuminate the budget disputes of an organization. She shows how the interpretive description of organizational worlds works as a distinct genre of social analysis, and her study discloses the paradoxical nature of organizational life: we follow routine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
New Practices of Inquiry S.
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226132297
SKU
V9780226132297
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