Exploring Morgan's Metaphors

<p style=margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;><span style=color: black;>Gareth Morgan’s monumental book <strong><em>Images of Organization</em></strong> revolutionized the field of organization theory. In honor of Morgan’s classic text this edited volume <strong>Exploring Morgan’s Metaphors: Theory Research and Practice in Organizational Studies </strong>(by Anders Örtenblad Kiran Trehan and Linda L. Putnam) illustrates how Morgan’s eight metaphors inform research practice and organizational intervention in a variety of contexts. Including contributions from well-known experts in their fields specifically Joep Cornelisen Cliff Oswick David Grant and Gareth Morgan this new text offers fresh perspectives and sets forth new metaphors for conceptualizing organizations in today’s workforce. Readers will gain insights and guidelines into the different ways that Morgan’s metaphors and metaphorical thinking can be used to better understand organizational life as well as how to study and develop organizations. </span></p>