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The Manager's Tale

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The Manager's Tale book

Stories of Managerial Identity

The Manager's Tale

DOI link for The Manager's Tale

The Manager's Tale book

Stories of Managerial Identity
ByPatrick Reedy
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 3 March 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315555737
Pages 202 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315555737
SubjectsEconomics, Finance, Business & Industry, Social Sciences
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Reedy, P. (2009). The Manager's Tale. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315555737

What does being a manager mean to those who do managerial work and why has becoming a manager become so attractive for so many people? How does pursuing a managerial career fit with the wider project of constructing a life and a sense of self? This illuminating and thoughtful book answers these questions by considering the extended life histories of ten managers, allowing their own voices to be heard. The Manager's Tale uses the ideas of Heidegger, Sartre and Ricoeur to show that who a person is can be seen as a narrative accomplishment, a result of the stories we tell ourselves and others. Within this framework the manager's stories are revealed, highlighting the complex ways in which dominant expectations of what it means to be a successful individual in the modern world influences what sort of person we strive to be.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|14 pages

Once Upon A Time

chapter 2|70 pages

The Managers’ Tales

chapter 3|17 pages

Understanding Identity

chapter 4|19 pages

Narrative Identity and the Existentialist Quest

chapter 5|17 pages

My Generation: Life-Stories as Historical Narratives

chapter 6|26 pages

Telling Tales

chapter 7|15 pages

And They All Lived Happily Ever After?

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