Organizational Epics and Sagas: Tales of Organizations PDF
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OrganizationalEpicsandSagas Othertitlesinthetrilogy ORGANIZATIONALOLYMPIANS:HeroesandHeroinesof OrganizationalMyths MYTHICALINSPIRATIONSFORORGANIZATIONALREALITIES AlsobyMonikaKostera CRITICALMANAGEMENTRESEARCHINEASTERNEUROPE:Managing theTransition(editedwithMihaelaKelemen) Organizational Epics and Sagas Tales of Organizations Editedby MonikaKostera Selectionandeditorialmatter©MonikaKostera2008 Individualchapters©contributors2008 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-51557-2 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionof thispublicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noparagraphofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedor transmittedsavewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewith theprovisionsoftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988, orunderthetermsofanylicencepermittinglimitedcopying issuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency,90 TottenhamCourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP. 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Kostera,Monika,1963 HM786.O75 2008 302.3’5 dc22 2008011121 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Contents ListofTables ix ListofFigures x Acknowledgements xi NotesontheContributors xiii IntroductiontotheTrilogy:Mythologiesof OrganizationalEverydayLife 1 MonikaKostera Mythsandhumanbeings 2 Organizationalmythmaking 5 IntroductiontoOrganizationalEpicsandSagas: TheMythologizationofOrganization 9 MonikaKostera Organizationasmyth 9 Structureofthebook 10 1 TheMythofEntrepreneurship 14 MariaAggestam Myth-makingandlivingmyth 15 Entrepreneursintheeducationindustry 18 Entrepreneursinthemediaindustry 21 Performativenatureofentrepreneuring: mythicalframe 22 Concludingremarks 24 2 LivingwiththeMythofUnattainableTechnology 26 UllaEriksson-Zetterquist Mythsandtechnology 27 Method 29 Buildingthemyth 29 Awaitingthenewtechnologytobeimplemented 32 v vi Contents Anunattainablevision 34 Livingwithmythsofe-business 37 3 Goddess:AStoryofMythandPower 40 MonicaLee Thepattern 40 Mobility 41 Self-justificatorystories 42 Workloads 42 Vindictivenessandpunishment 45 Arationale? 46 Thepowerofmythicalallusion 47 4 OedipusintheLandofOrganizationalDarkness 51 YiannisGabriel Oedipusandmiasma 53 Miasmaandorganizations 55 Mourning,depressionandscapegoating 60 5 TheMythofCorporateSizeinPublicService Companies:TheCaseofToscanaEnergiaSPA 65 GiuseppeGrossi Introduction 65 Themythof‘corporatesize’andneedsof organizationalaggregation 66 AggregationstrategiesofItalianpublicservice companies 68 TheItaliangassector:peculiaritiesand advantagesofgrowthinsize 69 ThecaseofToscanaEnergia 71 Potentialbenefitsandrisksofaggregation strategiesinlightofthetaleofToscanaEnergia 75 Finalthoughts 78 6 BureaucratsandHeretics:GenderingMythology 80 DanielEricssonandPernillaNilsson Introduction 80 Goodlife:accordingtothebureauprinciples 82 Contents vii Evillife:accordingtotheheretics 86 Genderedaspectsofthebureaucracymyth 88 Extro 91 7 TheMythoftheVirtualOrganization 93 KymThorne Introduction 93 Virtualorganizations 94 Themythicarchetypeswithinvirtual organizationdiscourse 97 Conclusion 103 8 HeroicVillains:TheBadlandsofEconomyand Organization 105 MartinParker Introduction 105 TheMafia,andothers 107 Mythtoday 111 Fantasyeconomicsandsocialchange 115 9 MergingtheMyths:AStudyoftheEffectof OrganizationalMythmakinginanOrganizational Merger 118 DavidSims Fromstorytomyth 120 Talesfromamerger 121 Mythsincurrency 123 Interactionsandagendas 127 Commentary 127 Storytellinginanewenvironment 127 10 TheMythofManagementasArtandtheManagement ofArtasMyth 131 KatjaLindqvist Mythsinmanagement 131 Themythofleadershipasart 135 Artandmyth 136 Managementofartasmyth 137 Metaphorsandmythsformanagement 140 viii Contents 11 TheCosmogonicDuel 142 JerzyKociatkiewicz Introduction 142 Socialactors 143 Myths 146 Theduel 148 PhaseI:Thehero’sdefeat 149 PhaseII:Help 151 PhaseIII:Victory 153 Furtherconsiderations 154 12 ThePanAmericanDreamandtheMythofthePioneer 156 GabrielleDurepos,JeanHelmsMillsandAlbertJ.Mills IdeologiesofAmericanismandtheformative contextofthemythofthepioneer 158 Themythofthepioneerassituatedlocallyinthe activitiesofearlyPAA 160 PanAmericanAirways:thepioneeringorganization 163 Conclusions 167 Bibliography 169 Index 187 List of Tables I.1 StructureofVolume2 11 ix
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