Narrative Approaches to Organizations
Author
Editor
- James D. Wright (editor in chief)
- Peter Bryant (section editor)
Summary, in English
This article presents an overview of the narratives in and about organizations. It is structured as follows. The first section introduces the idea that organizational members are Homo Narrans or storytelling beings; the second section describes the tenets of narrative enquiry in organizational settings; and the third section discusses the pros and cons of storytelling, which is the systematic use of narratives to manage people.
Department/s
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
Pages
194-197
Publication/Series
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition)
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Document type
Article in encyclopedia
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Business Administration
Keywords
- Narrative
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-0-08-097087-5