Stories, Visions and Values in Voluntary Organisations: Stories, Visions, And Values in Voluntary Organizations (Corporate Social Responsibility Series)

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
Voluntary organisations......Page 18
Stories and storytelling in organisational analysis......Page 24
Storytelling voluntary organisations and social change......Page 27
Concluding thoughts......Page 31
PART I: STORIES AND VISIONS......Page 36
Introduction......Page 40
Subversive stories and utopian tales......Page 44
Creating alternative ideologies......Page 50
Changing the social landscape......Page 54
Concluding thoughts......Page 59
Introduction......Page 62
Stories of power and powerlessness......Page 66
Creating possibilities......Page 71
A road from periphery to centre......Page 76
Concluding thoughts......Page 81
Introduction......Page 86
Visions of society and social change......Page 90
Creating possibilities......Page 95
Imaginative variations on the theme of society......Page 100
Concluding thoughts......Page 107
PART II: STORIES AND VALUES......Page 112
Introduction......Page 114
Metaphors of creative organisations......Page 118
Conceptualising creativity through metaphors......Page 121
Creation myths and the culture of creativity......Page 127
Concluding thoughts......Page 135
Introduction......Page 138
Stories and the construction of leadership......Page 142
Leading as storytelling......Page 147
Storytelling as a function of leadership......Page 154
Legitimising the leader’s management style......Page 156
Concluding thoughts......Page 157
Introduction......Page 160
Stories about change in organisations......Page 164
Storying and decision making......Page 170
The functions of stories in the management of change......Page 173
Concluding thoughts......Page 180
Introduction......Page 184
Visions, voluntary organisations and social change......Page 186
Voluntary organisations and empowerment......Page 192
Values: implications for leadership and management......Page 195
Final concluding thoughts......Page 203
Bibliography......Page 206
E......Page 228
M......Page 229
R......Page 230
S......Page 231
W......Page 232