Metaphor and Dialectic in Managing Diversity

1. Re-writing Imagination into Management
Christina Schwabenland

Part I. Metaphor and Managing Diversity

2. ‘All beautiful poetry is an act of resistance’: Introducing Metaphor
Christina Schwabenland

3. Fireworks and Football Crowds: Metaphor as Theory
Christina Schwabenland

4. Listening to Evelyn Glennie: Metaphor as Art
Christina Schwabenland

Part II. Dialectic and Managing Diversity

5. ‘Exchanges with strangers and things alien’: Introducing Dialectic
Christina Schwabenland

6. Polarities, Paralysis and Paradox: Centrifugal Dialectics
Christina Schwabenland

7. Hybridity and Synthesis: Centripetal Dialectics
Christina Schwabenland

8. Cacophony or Polyphony? Concluding Thoughts
Christina Schwabenland

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Ethics, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Organization, Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Human Resource Management