Beschreibung:
Metaphor and dialectic are modes of thinking that influence the ways in which we identify what we have in common with others, how we differ and how we manage this diversity to achieve organizational goals. This book explores how we can become more aware of these unconscious processes and challenge stereotypes.
Explores the ways in which metaphor and dialectic structure our thinking about ourselves and each other and applies these to some of the more intractable dilemmas of managing diversity
Acknowledgements Re-writing Imagination into Management 'All beautiful poetry is an act of resistance' Introducing Metaphor Fireworks and Football Crowds: Metaphor as Theory Listening to Evelyn Glennie: Metaphor as Art 'Exchanges with strangers and things alien' Introducing Dialectic Polarities, Paralysis and Paradox: Centrifugal Dialectics Hybridity and Synthesis: Centripetal Dialectics Cacophony or Polyphony? Concluding Thoughts Bibliography