Storytelling in Organizations

Description

This book highlights storytelling as a concrete and viable method which can be used in various operational fields in organizations: from change management to project management and knowledge management, it presents employees’ stories on past projects and the diverse, essential aspects of corporate culture they reveal, in an easy-to-comprehend and entertaining fashion. These stories focus on specific but generic experiences which can be adapted and exploited by the reader to ultimately tap into hidden knowledge and increase transparency during daily routines in his or her own organization. Knowledge managers, coaches, and strategists alike will find a 'real-life' connection through these stories, helping them improve their own storytelling methods. The book also provides exhaustive information on the latest storytelling methods and strategies. ​The adaptations Thier has made to bring learning histories to corporate settings accelerates the capture, flow, and application of organizational knowledge that speeds up changes to improve operations! George Roth (Principal Research Associate at MIT Sloan School of Management, Boston, United States) Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Karin Thier)....Pages 1-6 Stories in Organizations (Karin Thier)....Pages 7-14 The “Storytelling” Method (Karin Thier)....Pages 15-24 Areas of Application (Karin Thier)....Pages 25-40 Evaluation and Efficacy of Storytelling (Karin Thier)....Pages 41-47 The Storytelling Procedure (Karin Thier)....Pages 49-97 Application Forms in Scientific and Educational Projects—An Interview with Prof. Rik Peters, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (Karin Thier)....Pages 99-103 Other Methods and Variants of Storytelling (Karin Thier)....Pages 105-116 Outlook: Short Variants of Storytelling (Karin Thier)....Pages 117-119