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Organisation development : metaphorical explorations / edited by Cliff Oswick and David Grant.

Contributor(s): Oswick, Cliff | Grant, David, 1964-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1996Description: xvi, 254 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0273614517.Subject(s): Organization | Paradigms (Social sciences)DDC classification: 658.406
Contents:
Introduction: Organisation development and metaphor-mapping the territory / Cliff Oswick and David Grant -- Part I: Metaphors and organisational analysis -- Introduction -- Understanding organisations through metaphor / Ian Palmer and Richard Dunford -- Organisation development as a journey / Dawn Inns -- The organisation as a human entity / Savita Kumra -- Part II: Organisational culture and change -- Introduction -- Working with metaphor towards organisational change / Mike Broussine and Russ Vince -- Culture: the search for a better organisational metaphor / Joy Hocking and Adrian Carr -- The metaphoric gap as a catalyst of change / Jimme A. Keizer and Ger J.J. Post -- Organisational culture as personality: lessons from psychology? / Cliff Oswick, Sidney Lowe and Philip Jones -- English football as a metaphor for organisational change / Graeme Currie and Maire Kerrin -- Part III: The intervention process -- Introduction -- Insights into diagnosis: an exploration using visual metaphors / Cliff Oswick -- The use of metaphor in the client - consultant relationship: a study of management consultants / Timothy Clark and Graeme Salaman -- Organisational change interventions: a new set of beliefs? / Nic Beech -- Part IV: Management strategies and development -- Introduction -- Metaphors, human resource management and control / David Grant -- Outdoor management development: a journey to the centre of the metaphor / Philip J. Jones -- Small business development: explorations using biological metaphors / Lew Perren.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.406 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00068509
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The use of metaphors to explain organizational development is an increasingly popular method within this area. Those metaphors contained in this text seek to address the limitations of, and the problems associated with, organizational theory, as well as focusing on the strengths and benefits.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243) and index.

Introduction: Organisation development and metaphor-mapping the territory / Cliff Oswick and David Grant -- Part I: Metaphors and organisational analysis -- Introduction -- Understanding organisations through metaphor / Ian Palmer and Richard Dunford -- Organisation development as a journey / Dawn Inns -- The organisation as a human entity / Savita Kumra -- Part II: Organisational culture and change -- Introduction -- Working with metaphor towards organisational change / Mike Broussine and Russ Vince -- Culture: the search for a better organisational metaphor / Joy Hocking and Adrian Carr -- The metaphoric gap as a catalyst of change / Jimme A. Keizer and Ger J.J. Post -- Organisational culture as personality: lessons from psychology? / Cliff Oswick, Sidney Lowe and Philip Jones -- English football as a metaphor for organisational change / Graeme Currie and Maire Kerrin -- Part III: The intervention process -- Introduction -- Insights into diagnosis: an exploration using visual metaphors / Cliff Oswick -- The use of metaphor in the client - consultant relationship: a study of management consultants / Timothy Clark and Graeme Salaman -- Organisational change interventions: a new set of beliefs? / Nic Beech -- Part IV: Management strategies and development -- Introduction -- Metaphors, human resource management and control / David Grant -- Outdoor management development: a journey to the centre of the metaphor / Philip J. Jones -- Small business development: explorations using biological metaphors / Lew Perren.

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