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Crafting Strategy: Embodied Metaphors in Practice

Autor Loizos Heracleous, Claus D. Jacobs
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 noi 2012
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 thinking. The theoretical underpinnings of this approach include embodied realism, interpretivism, practice theory, theory of play, design thinking, as well as discursive approaches such as metaphorical analysis, narrative analysis, dialogical analysis and hermeneutics. The book includes in-depth discussions of these theories and shows how they can be put into practice by presenting detailed analyses of embodied metaphors built by groups of agents with step-by-step explanations of how this process can be implemented and facilitated. The link between theory and practice is further supported by the inclusion of several vignettes that describe how this approach has been successfully employed in a number of organizations, including BASF and UNICEF.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107411692
ISBN-10: 1107411696
Pagini: 260
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; Vignette A. BASF; 1. Strategizing out of the box; Vignette B. UNICEF; 2. Metaphor and embodied realism; 3. Analyzing embodied metaphors as an interpretive, hermeneutic endeavour; Vignette C. Voltigo (Fribourg); 4. Crafting strategy as a practice of embodied recursive enactment; 5. Play, analogical reasoning and dialogue in the crafting of strategy; Vignette D. Hephata; 6. Understanding organizations through embodied metaphors; 7. Sensemaking through embodied metaphors in organization development; Vignette E. Privatbank; 8. Strategy as a crafting practice; Vignette F. Worldvision New Zealand; 9. The process of strategizing through crafting embodied metaphors; Glossary; Index.

Recenzii

Review of the hardback: 'This is truly an amazing book. Combining meticulous scholarship with a plethora of illustrations, it succeeds in articulating an approach to strategy development that relies equally on philosophy, psychology and sociology. Transiting such broad intellectual landscape is no small feat. These authors accomplish it in a way that will appeal to those who practice strategy as much as those who study it.' Steven W. Floyd, Frank S. Kaulback Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia
Review of the hardback: 'This is a persuasive manifesto for the role of 'embodied metaphors' in strategy work. The book reflects its topic. It is utterly serious in both its theoretical grounding and its practical advice. Rich in vignettes and illustrations, the book is also a pleasure to read.' Richard Whittington, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Oxford

Descriere

This book presents a theoretically informed approach to creative strategizing based on building metaphorical structures that represent organizations.