Stories for Management Success

Name: Stories for Management Success
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Stories for Management SuccessThe Power of Talk in Organizations\nAuthor(s): David Collins\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138062467, 978-1138062467\nSynopsis\nWe tend to assume that we may divide our activities into talk and action. In so doing we tend to suggest that talk is subordinate to action. \n\nTaking issue with these presumptions, Stories for Management Success: The Power of Talk in Organizations argues that talk is central to what managers do. Indeed it argues that, for managers, walking the walk necessarily implies talking the talk such that storytelling is now central to managerial work. Noting that managerial talk is increasingly located within an account of storytelling the book offers a critical review of the academic debates associated with telling tales at work and uses this critical reflection to shape and guide those who would realise the power of talk. Thus, the book concludes with six key q.