Leaderhip and Cultural Webs in Organisations : Weavers' Tales

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Front Cover; Leadership and Cultural Webs in Organisations: Weavers' Tales; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; ORGsimONE Cards; References; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Beyond the Holy Grail; Three Envelopes; Know Your Maps; A Quiet Revolution; A Lesson in Hubris; Bateson's Dog; Structure of the Book; References; Chapter 2 Seeing with Our Minds; In Search of Meaning…; Early Excursions; Meaning is Neither Universal Nor Fixed; Cultures as Webs of Signification; Behaviour Is Symbolic … Symbols Carry Meaning; Organisation Structures as Symbols…; Words Make Worlds…; References

Chapter 3 Symbols and Culture: Terms, Tales and TotemsFirst Impressions - The Public Face of the Culture; Second Impressions - Encountering the Informal Face of the Culture; Early Socialisation; Secondary Socialisation - Getting into the Swim; Deep Familiarity - Things Get Real; High and Low-Profile Symbols; High-Profile Symbols; Low-Profile Symbols; Symbolic Alignment or Mixed Messages; The Paradox of High and Low-Profile Symbols; The Craft of Weaving; Amplification and Magnification - the Goldfish Bowl Effect; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Putting Ourselves in the Picture

'Be the message, just make it clear…'1 Embodiment as InterventionLanguage, Metaphor and the Formulation of Questions: The Gentle Art of Framing and Reframing; Framing and Reframing; Words Make Worlds: Language and Metaphor as Cultural Threads; Systems and Procedures as Cultural Threads; The Medium is the Message: Experience as Thread; Other Threads; Signage; Appointments, Promotions and Departures; Team Composition; Building Design - Artefacts; Concluding Thoughts; References; Chapter 5 The Weaver's Craft; Fateful Questions; Treasure Your Exceptions; Difference that Makes a Difference

Not All Difference Makes a DifferenceNew Ways - The Inner London Magistrate's Courts Service; Engaging in Inquiry; Weaving; Connecting Different Worlds - The Lunchtime Conversations; Concluding Comments; References; Chapter 6 When Cultures Merge; The Challenge; Weaving a New Cultural Tapestry - the NSN Story; Going Global - The JAM; Reflections - Weavers Among Weavers; Interweaving High and Low-Profile Symbols; References; Chapter 7 The Pattern That Connects; Sleepy Hollow; Engineering Incorporated - when the solution is the problem; System Solutions … Organisation as Algorithm

Dartington GlassThe Pattern that Connects; References; Chapter 8 Revealing Cultural Patterns; Revealing the Culture - Estrangement; Revealing the Culture - Enactment; Revealing the Culture - Exemplification; Imagery - A Fourth Principle?; References; Chapter 9 Web as Metaphor; From Ordinary to Extraordinary Leadership; Beyond Mechanistic Thinking; On Webs; 1. Webs Are Strong …; 2. Webs Rely on Secure Anchors; 3. The Construction of a Web Commences with the Weaving of Radial Threads; 4. Spiders Use Temporary Threads in the Process of Constructing a Web

5. Webs are Comprised of Many Interwoven Threads

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