ISBN:
0754644626
,
9780754644620
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 223 p.
,
24cm
Series Statement:
Corporate social responsibility series
DDC:
303.40941
Keywords:
Social change
;
Social change
;
Associations, institutions, etc
;
Associations, institutions, etc
;
Großbritannien
;
Gemeinnützige Organisation
;
Mitarbeiter
;
Motivation
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Indien
Abstract:
A genuine voluntary organisation : setting the scene -- Introduction -- Voluntary organisations -- Stories and storytelling in organisational analysis -- Storytelling, voluntary organisations and social change -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and visions -- Something has to be done : creating organisations as a response to social injustice -- Introduction -- Subversive stories and utopian tales -- Creating alternative ideologies -- Changing the social landscape -- Concluding thoughts -- A road from periphery to centre : stories of empowerment -- Introduction -- Stories of power and powerlessness -- Creating possibilities -- A road from periphery to centre -- Concluding thoughts -- From private trouble to public concern : voluntary organisations and social change -- Introduction -- Visions of society and social change -- Creating possibilities -- Imaginative variations on the theme of society -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and values -- Playing pinball with ideas : storytelling and the management of creativity -- Introduction -- Metaphors of creative organisations -- Conceptualising creativity through metaphors -- Creation myths and the culture of creativity -- Concluding thoughts -- The dancer and the dance : storytelling and leadership -- Introduction -- Stories and the construction of leadership -- Leading as storytelling -- Storytelling as a function of leadership -- Legitimising the leader's management style -- Concluding thoughts -- Swimming sharks : storytelling and managing change -- Introduction -- Stories about change in organisations -- Storying and decision making -- The functions of stories in the management of change -- Concluding thoughts -- A vehicle for exploring : concluding thoughts -- Introduction -- Visions, voluntary organisations and social change -- Voluntary organisations and empowerment -- Values : implications for leadership and management -- Final concluding thoughts
Note:
A genuine voluntary organisation setting the scene -- Introduction -- Voluntary organisations -- Storytelling in organisational analysis -- Storytelling, voluntary organisations and social change -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and visions -- Something has to be done : creating organisations as a response to social injustice -- Introduction -- Subversive stories and utopian tales -- Creating alternative ideologies -- Changing the social landscape -- Concluding thoughts -- A road from periphery to centre : stories of empowerment -- Introduction -- Stories of power and powerlessness -- Creating possibilities -- A road from periphery to centre -- Concluding thoughts -- From private trouble to public concern : voluntary organisations and social change -- Introduction -- Visions of society and social change -- Creating possibilities -- Imaginative variations on the theme of society -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and values -- Playing pinball with ideas : storytelling and the management of creativity -- Introduction -- Metaphors of creative organisations -- Conceptualising creativity through metaphors -- Creation myths and the culture of creativity -- Concluding thoughts -- The dancer and the dance : storytelling and leadership -- Introduction -- Stories and the construction of leadership -- Leading as storytelling -- Storytelling as a function of leadership -- Concluding thoughts -- Swimming sharks : managing change in voluntary organisations -- Introduction -- Stories about change in organisations -- Storying and decision making -- The functions of stories in the management of change -- Concluding thoughts -- A vehicle for exploring : concluding thoughts -- Introduction -- Visions : voluntary organisations and social change -- Voluntary organisations and empowerment -- Values : implications for leadership and management -- Final concluding thoughts
