Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part 1
5. Sensegiving and sensemaking in an integration process 3
6. Narrative institutions we organize by 37
7. Part 2
8. Re-navigating management theory 57
9. The body of the text and the ordinary narratives of organisation 75
10. Part 3
11. How can strategy be a practice? 95
12. Narratives of organizational performance 115
13. Part 4
14. The Schweik Syndrome 137
15. Detective stories and the narrative structure of organizing 149
16. Part 5
17. From naked emperor to count zero 173
18. Narrating the future of intelligent machines 193
19. Part 6
20. Ticking time and side cupboard ... 215
21. Fluid tales 237
22. About the authors and the editors 247
23. References 251
24. Name index 267
25. Subject index 273