Good Novels, Better Management Reading Organizational Realities in Fiction

This collection of essays demonstrates how novels are not only comparable, but often superior to the case histories used in business education. As many novelists have had personal experience of working in organizations, their work combines introspective insight with analytical skill.

Chapter 1 Introduction, Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges; Chapter 2 Docteur Clérambault in Zola's Paradise, Guillet Pierre de Monthoux; Chapter 3 Don Quixote and Capitalism in Poland, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges; Chapter 4 On Evil Organizations and Illusory Reforms, Bengt Jacobsson; Chapter 5 England Expects, Robert Grafton Small; Chapter 6 Identity, Economy and Morality in “The Rise of Silas Lapham”1Thanks to Katrine Kirk for helpful comments on a draft of this Chapter., Richard J. Boland, Jr; Chapter 7 The Merchant and the Preacher, Geert Hofstede; Chapter 8 Capitalism, Order and Oral Value:, Maureen Whitebrook; Chapter 9 From Escapism to Resented Conformity, José Luis Alvarez, Carmen Merchán Cantos; Chapter 10 Power, Time, Talk and Money, Franca Olivetti Manoukian; Chapter 11 The Man with All the Qualities:, Barbara Czarniawska, Bernward Joerges; Chapter 12 The Gioconda Smile of Authorities, Torben Beck Jørgensen; epilogue Epilogue, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges;

Barbara Czarbiawska-Joerges Lund University, Sweden