Stories for Management Success: The Power of Talk in Organizations

by David Collins

Book Overview

We 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.

Taking 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032178760
• ISBN13: 9781032178769
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"