Posted: April 11th, 2015

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Assignment 2

This assignment takes the form of an individual study of ethics and organizational storytelling.  The word count is 2500 words to be submitted on 24 April 2015 via blackboard and hard copy submission

Note well that it is the hard copy submissions that will be commented and returned NOT the online version.

Students to select ONE of the following titles:

1. Using a practical study      working with a variety of narratives, demonstrate how storytelling      research can inform your understanding of managerial sensemaking and      responsible management.
2. It can be argued that      organizational storytelling research has contributed significantly to our      understanding of organisational misbehaviour, organisational mismanagement      and economic malpractice.  Examine      this claim by applying either Boje’s notion of quantum stories or      Gabriel’s psychoanalytic account of the ‘unmanaged spaces’ to consider      tensions between individual sense-making and organisational espoused values.
3. Researchers who focus on      stories are missing the point.       Organisational ethics are economically determined in the last      instance.  Discuss.

NB –

1. All work should make clear and appropriate use of academic literature.
2. All work should be appropriately referenced.
3. Examples should be used, where appropriate, to both develop ideas and construct argument.

Note well – in this assignment we are interested in whether you have a good grasp of the core concepts.