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Consulting and Change in the Storytelling Organisation
David M. BojeA participant‐observation study of consulting in a large officesupply firm of how consultants and organisational stakeholders performstories to make sense of events and to enact…
On Getting the Story Crooked (and Straight)
Alan L. Wilkins, Michael P. ThompsonWithout the stories, or narratives that organisations construct,there could be no social negotiation or sense making. A problem is thatthe narratives are often “too straight”, too…
What if Stories Don′t Tally with the Culture?
Michael Owen JonesStories and customs at work may mirror the culture, be survivalsfrom the past, or constitute a screen onto which fantasies are projectedserving as safety valves, sanctioned…
Succession Sensemaking and Organizational Change: A Story of a Deviant College President
Robert P. GephartA conceptual framework or model of the sensemaking practices,cultural objects and “programmatically constructed entities”used to produce meaningful stories of succession and…
Organizing Narratives/Codes/ Poetics
Leonard C. HawesGiven the dynamic structure of corporate conflict betweenengineering and sales, how can those two dissimilar realities be managedsuch that change is possible? The network of…
Formalising Storytelling in Organisations: A Key Agenda for the Design of Training
Charles M. VanceStorytelling, which is widely recognised as having a powerfulinfluence upon learning in organisations, should be formalised topromote a more systematic, predictable individual…
Organisational Narratives and Organisational Structure
Larry Davis BrowningOrganisational narratives as contributing to organisationalstructure are discussed. The trend lines of narratives introduce theascent, decline and plateau narratives as…
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