Narrating the Organization: Dramas of Institutional Identity

by Barbara Czarniawska

Book Overview

The most common social phenomenon of Western societies is the organization, yet those
involved in real-world managing are not always willing to reveal the intricacies of their
everyday muddles. Barbara Czarniawska argues that in order to understand these uncharted
territories, we need to gather local and concrete stories about organizational life and subject
them to abstract and metaphorical interpretation.

Using a narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226132293
• ISBN13: 9780226132297
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"