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Author:   Yiannis Gabriel (, Professor of Organizational Theory, Business School, Imperial College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.521kg
ISBN:  

9780199264476

ISBN 10:   0199264473
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   29 January 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Barbara Czarniawska: Preface Yiannis Gabriel: 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

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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.

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