Lessons from Literature: Blending Academic Perspective with Management Practices

Autor/inn/en	Kapur, Surbhi; Mohanty, Pooja
Titel	Lessons from Literature: Blending Academic Perspective with Management Practices
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 5 (2014) 5, S.233-238 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Literature; Literature Appreciation; Didacticism; Educational Administration; Governance; Organizational Communication; Organizational Culture; Work Ethic; Leadership; Social Values; Administrative Principles; Leadership Styles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Literatur; Literarische Wertung; Didaktisierung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Unternehmenskultur; Arbeitsethos; Führung; Führungsposition; Sozialer Wert; Führungsstil
Abstract	The present paper studies the role literature can play in management in general and in leadership, organizational behavior and communication in particular. Literature normally gets a skeptical reception in management studies. The paper discusses the relevance of literature for a better understanding of human behaviour and a judicious discernment of situations, preferences and consequences. Literature, replete with an array of people and situations either mismanaged or otherwise can then become a potent, instructive and a much more engaging source and tool of teaching. The paper explores the possibility of using literature as a reservoir for focused case studies and issue based excerpts from appropriate works. Shakespeare's famous heroes, Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and many more exhibiting leadership challenges, decision making, self-awareness, judgment, ethics, interpersonal conflict and communication can provide meaningful parallels from literature to the modern day managers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01