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Metaphor and Dialectic in Managing Diversity

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  • © 2012

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  1. Christina Schwabenland

    1. University of Bedfordshire, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Re-writing Imagination into Management

    1. Re-writing Imagination into Management

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 1-24

  3. Metaphor and Managing Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. ‘All beautiful poetry is an act of resistance’: Introducing Metaphor

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 27-52

    3. Fireworks and Football Crowds: Metaphor as Theory

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 53-77

    4. Listening to Evelyn Glennie: Metaphor as Art

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 78-102

  4. Dialectic and Managing Diversity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. ‘Exchanges with strangers and things alien’: Introducing Dialectic

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 105-128

    3. Polarities, Paralysis and Paradox: Centrifugal Dialectics

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 129-153

    4. Hybridity and Synthesis: Centripetal Dialectics

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 154-178

    5. Cacophony or Polyphony? Concluding Thoughts

      • Christina Schwabenland
      Pages 179-201

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 202-224
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Metaphor and dialectic are modes of thinking that influence the ways in which we identify what we have in common with others, how we differ and how we manage this diversity to achieve organizational goals. This book explores how we can become more aware of these unconscious processes and challenge stereotypes.

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  • University of Bedfordshire, UK

    Christina Schwabenland

About the author

CHRISTINA SCHWABENLAND Reader in Public and Voluntary Sector Management at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and has taught and researched diversity management in voluntary organizations in the UK and in India. She is the author of Stories, Visions and Values in Voluntary Organisations and has published in a number of journals including Organization and Journal of Management Education.

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