Mythical Inspirations for Organizational Realities (v. 3)

Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Notes on the Contributors......Page 13
Introduction to the Trilogy: Mythologies of Organizational Everyday Life......Page 16
Myths and human beings......Page 17
Organizational mythmaking......Page 19
Myth, metaphor and inspiration......Page 24
Structure of Part I......Page 27
Structure of Part II......Page 29
Encountering the Gorgon......Page 31
Reflections......Page 32
Specularization......Page 34
Speculations on mortality......Page 36
Blind......Page 37
Blinded by reflection......Page 39
An organization fit for heroes......Page 40
Under the aegis of mortality......Page 41
Introduction......Page 43
Understanding heavy metal......Page 44
Heavy metal and managing......Page 46
God of Thunder......Page 52
3 The Superheroes......Page 54
Story by Agneta Lindberg, superhero – Meaningless lives......Page 55
Story by Eva Nilsson, superhero – Celebrating......Page 58
Story by Martin Blom, superhero – Living two lives......Page 61
4 Cats, Turtles, Grinches and Pachyderms: Mythical Inspirations for Organizational Realities in Dr Seuss......Page 68
The entrepreneurial cat......Page 69
The autocratic turtle......Page 71
The evolving Grinch......Page 73
The servant elephant......Page 75
Closing thoughts......Page 77
Introduction......Page 78
The story: Inferno, canto 33, verses 109–150......Page 80
Dante's allegory......Page 83
Ptolomea: 'The lowest place of all'......Page 85
Dante, Fra Alberigo and Branca d'Oria in the state of dissolution......Page 87
The judgement......Page 89
Myths, archetypes and the cultural view of betrayal......Page 91
The myth of Eve Harrington......Page 93
Dilemmas of alliances......Page 96
Playing the partnership game......Page 99
Conclusions......Page 102
Introduction......Page 103
Founding stories as utopian tales......Page 104
Swachh Narayani, the goddess of good governance......Page 107
Students' stories......Page 110
Concluding thoughts......Page 112
Introduction......Page 115
A disenchanted world: figures represent risk......Page 116
The realm of the magic......Page 119
The displaced world of risks......Page 121
Reports, audit and governance......Page 122
Covert enchantment in a displaced calculative world......Page 125
Introduction......Page 127
What is an IDI-profile?......Page 128
The behaviour styles of the gods......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 138
Introduction......Page 142
Theory of myth......Page 144
Experiences at Wells Fargo Bank......Page 148
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 152
11 Heinz Von Stem on the Myth of Myths: Confessions of a Master Mythmaker......Page 154
Introduction......Page 165
Lead and learn – two sides of the same coin......Page 166
Learning as a monologue or dialogue......Page 167
The conflict between polis and oikos in pedagogical practice......Page 169
Learning from or through myth and metaphor......Page 170
Leadership and experiential knowledge......Page 171
Setting experiential knowledge in motion......Page 172
Leadership and good judgement......Page 173
Can good judgement be learned?......Page 174
Myth and metaphor develop analogical reasoning......Page 175
Conclusion......Page 176
Archetypes and the collective unconscious......Page 178
Bibliography......Page 185
B......Page 197
E......Page 198
H......Page 199
L......Page 200
N......Page 201
R......Page 202
T......Page 203
Z......Page 204