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Hawes, Leonard C. - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 4 (1991) 3, pp. 45-51

‐reflectively with narratives rather than unreflectively with codes. Managing an organisational change effort requires that codes be … transformed into narratives in ways that blur the boundaries and then redraw them along different lines. …

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Organisational Narratives and Organisational Structure

Davis Browning, Larry - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 4 (1991) 3, pp. 59-67

Organisational narratives as contributing to organisational structure are discussed. The trend lines of narratives … introduce the ascent, decline and plateau narratives as reflections of organisational direction. The plateau narrative is used … to emphasise the value in supporting the values of flat structures. Plateau narratives are more difficult to grasp …

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Women bus drivers and organizational change

Sanchez de Miguel, Manuel; Lizaso, Izarne; Larranaga, Maider - In: Journal of Organizational Change Management 28 (2015) 1, pp. 117-133

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the gender practices of a female urban bus driver who retired after 40 years (1967-2007) in an urban bus company in northern Spain. The main objective of this study was to explore and understand the move from irreflexive to reflexive practices...

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The diary project: revealing the gendered organisation

Plowman, Penelope J. - In: Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: … 5 (2010) 1, pp. 28-46

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how an application of the qualitative diary method reveals the gendered organisation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the author's experience of her own design and implementation of the diary method, using qualitative diaries,...

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Talking about change

Bryant, Melanie - In: Management Decision 44 (2006) 2, pp. 246-258

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the understanding that can be gained about employees' use of voice as a response to organisational change using qualitative research and, in particular, narrative analysis. Narrative analysis of voice can provide insight into why voice is used...

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Stories within a story: parables from “The New Zealand Experiment”

Cash, Michael - In: The Learning Organization 4 (1997) 4, pp. 159-167

Organizations are immersed in their myths and stories which they proclaim through their annual reports, budgets and other formal and informal communications and enact through their “biography”. These stories are seen as “stories within a story”. Organizational stories are governed by a...

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Reinterpreting the learning organisation

Stewart, Deb - In: The Learning Organization 8 (2001) 4, pp. 141-152

‐interpretation. Establishes the centrality of narrative to all human endeavours and that every organisational aspect is anchored in narratives …

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Ten steps to get more business value from knowledge management

Denning, Stephen - In: Strategy & Leadership 34 (2006) 6, pp. 11-16

implications – The article explains how to use metrics, narratives, incentives, goals, and cultural change to support knowledge …

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Inorganic growth of technology sector firms in emerging markets : influence of firm-specific factors in Indian firms' M&A activities

Das, Arindam; Kapil, Sheeba - In: International journal of emerging markets 10 (2015) 1, pp. 52-72

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Psychological pricing in mergers & acquisitions using prospect theory

Agarwal, Nipun; Zeephongsekul, Panlop - In: Studies in economics and finance 30 (2013) 1, pp. 22-30

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