Stories, visions and values in voluntary organisations /
Schwabenland, Christina.
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-217) and index.
A genuine voluntary organisation : setting the scene -- Introduction -- Voluntary organisations -- Stories and storytelling in organisational analysis -- Storytelling, voluntary organisations and social change -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and visions -- Something has to be done : creating organisations as a response to social injustice -- Introduction -- Subversive stories and utopian tales -- Creating alternative ideologies -- Changing the social landscape -- Concluding thoughts -- A road from periphery to centre : stories of empowerment -- Introduction -- Stories of power and powerlessness -- Creating possibilities -- A road from periphery to centre -- Concluding thoughts -- From private trouble to public concern : voluntary organisations and social change -- Introduction -- Visions of society and social change -- Creating possibilities -- Imaginative variations on the theme of society -- Concluding thoughts -- Stories and values -- Playing pinball with ideas : storytelling and the management of creativity -- Introduction -- Metaphors of creative organisations -- Conceptualising creativity through metaphors -- Creation myths and the culture of creativity -- Concluding thoughts -- The dancer and the dance : storytelling and leadership -- Introduction -- Stories and the construction of leadership -- Leading as storytelling -- Storytelling as a function of leadership -- Legitimising the leader's management style -- Concluding thoughts -- Swimming sharks : storytelling and managing change -- Introduction -- Stories about change in organisations -- Storying and decision making -- The functions of stories in the management of change -- Concluding thoughts -- A vehicle for exploring : concluding thoughts -- Introduction -- Visions, voluntary organisations and social change -- Voluntary organisations and empowerment -- Values : implications for leadership and management -- Final concluding thoughts.
Social change
Social change
Associations, institutions, etc.
Associations, institutions, etc.