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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786265003321

Autore

Forman Janis

Titolo

Storytelling in business [[electronic resource] ] : the authentic and fluent organization / / Janis Forman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8495-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/5

Soggetti

Communication in management

Business communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why explore storytelling in business? -- A framework for organizational storytelling -- Stories about strategy : Schering-Plough -- Schering-Plough : lessons learned -- Stories and the corporate brand : Chevron -- Chevron : lessons learned -- Digital stories for business : FedEx -- FedEx : lessons learned -- Storytelling workshops for change : Philips -- Philips : lessons learned -- Ending with a beginning.

Sommario/riassunto

Storytelling can be a lifelong and life sustaining habit of mind, a personal inheritance that connects us to our communities. It can also serve as an organizational inheritance-a management tool that helps businesses to develop and thrive. For more than a decade, award-winning author Janis Forman has been helping executives to tell stories in service of their organizational objectives. In Storytelling in Business: The Authentic and Fluent Organization, she teaches readers everywhere how the craft of storytelling can help them to achieve their professional goals.Focusing on