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Publication date: 6 December 2011

Ralph Bathurst and Margot Edwards

The rise of aesthetics within organizational studies has been met with enthusiasm by a growing coterie of scholars. Aesthetics, it is claimed, offers a dimension that has been…

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The rise of aesthetics within organizational studies has been met with enthusiasm by a growing coterie of scholars. Aesthetics, it is claimed, offers a dimension that has been missing in a discipline that has been dominated by instrumental approaches. It is not surprising, then, that Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, one of the field's champions, asserts that “if the German artist Joseph Beuys … was right in claiming that art is tomorrow's capital, it seems reasonable to consider aesthetics its new organization theory” (Guillet de Monthoux, 2000, p. 35).

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Business and Sustainability: Concepts, Strategies and Changes
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78052-439-9

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Publication date: 1 March 1978

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux and Melitta Patzak

Through a case‐study, this paper discusses how ‘non‐managers’ take part in the purchasing of new equipment This influence on the diffusions of innovation is demanding a…

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Through a case‐study, this paper discusses how ‘non‐managers’ take part in the purchasing of new equipment This influence on the diffusions of innovation is demanding a reorientation of marketing strategy for the selling of technology. It is concluded that the new strategies must adapt to both unions and individuals on the ‘shop floor’ of the customer firm. Some evidence from democratisation research is presented, which could help marketers in predicting when unions and employees take an active interest in purchasing decisions.

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Management Research News, vol. 1 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0140-9174

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Publication date: 1 June 1977

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

Introduction Corruption is like the slow rotting of a dead body says a modern author. Unsatisfied with a “rotten body” analogy, one may want a non‐moralist definition of…

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Introduction Corruption is like the slow rotting of a dead body says a modern author. Unsatisfied with a “rotten body” analogy, one may want a non‐moralist definition of corruption. The subject of corruption and bribing has been treated in several theoretical essays but few empirical studies. Corruption has attracted the interest of sociologists, anthropologists, economists and political scientists. Drawing upon some of this corruption literature this paper aims at discussing corruption from a “narrow” marketing perspective. What makes a marketer corrupt? Are the consequences of “discovery” a deterrent? What uncertainties are there in corruption practice? Those are the pragmatic questions we will set out to discuss.

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Management Decision, vol. 15 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0025-1747

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Publication date: 24 April 2020

Maria Grafström and Anna Jonsson

In this chapter, we explore genre-blurring writing, where fiction meets theory, following the argument that texts in management and organisation studies suffer from the ‘textbook…

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In this chapter, we explore genre-blurring writing, where fiction meets theory, following the argument that texts in management and organisation studies suffer from the ‘textbook syndrome’. The stories that we tell through textbooks not only influence, but also set boundaries for, the way understandings are developed through the eyes of the reader. Often textbooks are written in a way that lead the reader into an idealised linear understanding of an organisation – far from the problems, dilemmas and messy everyday life that managers experience. Our discussion builds on previous literature on writing differently and our own experiences of writing a textbook by involving a professional novelist. Engaging in genre-blurring writing opens up how we think not only about writing, fiction and facts but also in our role as scientists. By situating ourselves, as researchers, at the intersection of fiction and the scientific work, not only new ways of writing, but also of thinking emerge. We discuss three aspects through which fiction challenge and develop our writing and thinking, namely to write with voice, resonance and an open end. Through genre-blurring writing, we create opportunities both to learn and to engage students in learning.

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Writing Differently
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ISBN: 978-1-83867-337-6

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Publication date: 30 September 2013

Elen Riot and Yoann Bazin

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Society and Business Review, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-5680

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Publication date: 1 March 1979

Pierre Guiller de Monthoux and Melitta Patzak

Presents a case study of participation in buying practice, showing in what situations unions and personnel in customer firms take an active interest in a buying decision. Uses…

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Presents a case study of participation in buying practice, showing in what situations unions and personnel in customer firms take an active interest in a buying decision. Uses information from interviews carried out with industrial sellers to show how industrial marketers approach unions and personnel. Emphasizes the difference between union and employee involvement.

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European Journal of Marketing, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0566

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Publication date: 30 September 2013

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

The purpose of this article is to examine the similarities between creative business leadership and successful artists and to illustrate how the label “outside artist” is a…

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Purpose

The purpose of this article is to examine the similarities between creative business leadership and successful artists and to illustrate how the label “outside artist” is a romantic myth.

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Making use of four cases in classical music history, this study analyzes how a quartet of musical artists negotiated their space inside highly organized and changing environments.

Findings

Many qualities exhibited by musical artists are similar to those required of successful organizational managers. One of the reasons that insider artistry is a complex phenomenon is that socio-organizational conditions are not fixed, they change. Therefore, each new generation of artists has to invent new strategies to get the job done.

Practical implications

Understanding the nature of these similar qualities will help clarify the issue of making art work inside organizations and dispel erroneous assumptions about the role of artists in these organizations.

Originality/value

This article will contribute to the practical as well as the philosophical conversation about the place of artists inside successful organizations in society.

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Society and Business Review, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-5680

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Publication date: 9 March 2022

Piero Formica

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Ideators
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80262-830-2

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Publication date: 13 November 2019

Jerzy Kociatkiewicz and Monika Kostera

The purpose of this paper is to consider three types of stories: media, personal accounts and fiction, and look for plots depicting situations of fundamental shift in the framing…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to consider three types of stories: media, personal accounts and fiction, and look for plots depicting situations of fundamental shift in the framing and basic definitions of reality. The authors examine them from the point of view of their usefulness for developing creative responses to systemic change.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted a narrative study in three stages, aimed at identifying strong plots pertaining to systemic change. The analyzed material came from three different sources of narratives (fiction, media and creative stories) and was approached by the use of two different narrative methods: symbolic interpretation and narrative collage.

Findings

Currently many voices are being raised that the authors are living in times of interregnum, a period in between working systems. There is also a mounting critique of the business school as an institution perpetuating dysfunctional ideologies, rather than enhancing critical and creative thinking. The authors propose that the humanities, and, in particular, learning from fiction (and science fiction) can offer a language to talk about major (systemic) change help and support learning about alternative organizational realities.

Research limitations/implications

The study pertains to discourse and narratives, not to material aspects of culture construction.

Practical implications

Today, there is a mounting critique of business schools and their role in society. Following Martin Parker’s call to transform them into schools of organizing, helping to develop and discuss different alternatives instead of reproducing the dominant model, the authors suggest that education should be based, to much larger extent than until now, on the humanities. The authors propose educational programmes including the study of fiction and film.

Social implications

The authors propose that the humanities (and the study of fiction) can equip society with a suitable language to discuss and problematize systemic change.

Originality/value

This paper adds to narrative social studies through providing an analysis of strong plots showing ways of coping with systemic collapse, and through an examination of these plots’ significance for organizational education, learning, and planning. The authors present an argument for the broader use of fiction as a sensemaking, teaching, and learning tool for managing organizations in volatile environments.

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 33 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 12 October 2015

Yoann Bazin

The aim of this paper is to give an account of how the author aims to engage with his new appointment as co-editor-in-chief of the Society and Business Review (SBR) and to reflect…

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Purpose

The aim of this paper is to give an account of how the author aims to engage with his new appointment as co-editor-in-chief of the Society and Business Review (SBR) and to reflect on why an academic journal like the SBR is relevant – if not absolutely necessary.

Design/methodology/approach

By drawing on a synthesis of past publications in the journal, academic roots and editorial trends of the SBR are presented.

Findings

Three promising areas of research in the “business & society” field are identified for the future: monitoring the expansion of managerialism, analysing the role and impact of management education in society and conceptualising the politicisation of corporations.

Research limitations/implications

Although these trends are promising and subjectively identified, the journal will obviously not restrict its scope to these three topics alone and will continue to welcome all submissions that fall into its mission statement.

Originality/value

This paper provides insights into how the editors evaluate not only articles but also special issue proposals and book reviews that are submitted to the SBR.

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Society and Business Review, vol. 10 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1746-5680

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