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Mar 26, 2019 · On investigation of management, organization, and metaphor, Gmür (Citation 2006) undertook a study and compared concepts and metaphors used to describe organizations in France and German. It was found that the use of metaphors is culturally bound and that the concepts which scientists and practitioners of these countries apply to describe organizations can be reduced into two metaphors, sail ...
- Iman Tohidian, Hamid Rahimian
- 2019
- Examples and Observations
- Frederick Taylor on Workers as Machines
- Wal-Mart Metaphors
Kosheek Sewchurran and Irwin Brown: [M]etaphor is a basic structural form of experience by which human beings engage, organize, and understand their world. The organizational metaphoris a well-known way in which organizational experiences are characterized. We have come to understand organizations as machines, organisms, brains, cultures, political...
Corey Jay Liberman: Perhaps the earliest metaphor used to define an organization was provided by Frederick Taylor, a mechanical engineer interested in better understanding the driving forces behind employee motivation and productivity. Taylor (1911) argued that an employee is very much like an automobile: if the driver adds gas and keeps up with th...
Michael Bergdahl:The people-greeters give you the feeling that you are part of the Wal-Mart family and they are glad you stopped by. They are trained to treat you like a neighbor because they want you to think of Wal-Mart as your neighborhood store. Sam [Walton] called this approach to customer service 'aggressive hospitality.' Nicholas Copeland an...
- Richard Nordquist
Aug 28, 2019 · What this metaphor says about organizational change: People who hold this view assume that the leader who emerges victorious from a political system is one who can foresee and marshal change—and some politicking is always required in organizations. Alas, history is replete with examples of leaders who successfully manipulate political systems but fail to respond to societal shifts.
May 24, 2020 · Animate being metaphors liken organizations to living organisms and particularly to humans. Specific human qualities such as learning, creativity, and character are employed to conceptualize and explain organizational dynamics. Machine metaphors suggest that organizations are comprised of mechanically structured interconnected parts and resources.
Feb 15, 2024 · Abstract. This book offers an up-to-date collection of works on metaphors in the area of organization studies. The mission of the book is to increase the interest for metaphor-based and metaphor-oriented research within the area of organization studies; further knowledge on “metaphor” can help to increase the potential of metaphor in organization studies.
Organization in terms of different metaphors were discussed and elaborated. Then, the review of a number of papers illustrated that a majority of research works on this issue focused on the theoretical and conceptual aspects of organizational metaphors without taking their practicality in real contexts i nto account. Based on this review paper ...
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The use of metaphors underpins the expectations, behavior, and strategies that govern all aspects of organizational life, including the theory and study of organizations. Metaphor and Organizations collects critical essays from renowned scholars in the field that analyze the role of metaphor.
