Adam Smith hat in seinem Bild des Menschen der Rolle der Imagination einen so großen Stellenwert eingeräumt, dass es berechtigt ist, ihn als Bildanthropologen zu bezeichnen. Der Aspekt des Bildvermögens von Menschen geriet im Laufe des 19. Jahrhunderts in der Geschichte der Wirtschaftstheorie...

1. From Dysfunction to Function: An Expansion of the Organizational Metaphor -- 2. An Introduction to Organizational Dysfunction -- 3. White Blood Cell Behavior as an Organizational Metaphor -- 4. Organization of the Living Dead: The Zombie Enterprise -- 5. Pygmalion Mirage as an Organizational...

The example of Jacob Zuma and the resistance of Thuli Madonsela / Louise Kretzschmar -- From stealing someone's lunch to the inclusion of justice and care: A reflective follower's interpretation on the self-reliance of Singapore / Peirong Lin -- Black South African women are not perpetual minors...

This paper examines how companies endeavor to create legitimizing images of themselves and their practices by making use of metaphoric language. The analysis is based on the 2012 annual reports and sustainability reports of two major german energy companies and is conducted in two steps: A...

Contents: Introduction: the aim and structure of the book -- 1. Language and organization -- 2. The discourse of 'organizational discourse -- 3. The power of metaphors -- 4. Discourse as a map -- 5. Discourse as organizing -- 6. Discource as mask: silence, emptiness and ambiguity in discourse --...

"The rationalist approach to strategizing emphasizes analytical and convergent thinking. Without denying the importance of this approach, this book argues that strategists must learn to complement it with a more creative approach to strategizing that emphasizes synthetic and divergent ways of...

Metaphern sind ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil sowohl der Alltags- als auch der Fachsprachen. Die interdisziplinär angelegte Arbeit „Metaphern des Umweltmanagements“ geht der Frage nach, welche Rolle Metaphern auf die Sicht und die Ausgestaltung des Umweltmanagements und des Unternehmens...