ABSTRACT
This collection of essays demonstrates how novels are not only comparable, but often superior to the case histories used in business education. As many novelists have had personal experience of working in organizations, their work combines introspective insight with analytical skill.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |20 pages
Docteur Clérambault in Zola's Paradise
Notes on Naturalist Studies of Passion in Organizations
chapter |24 pages
From Escapism to Resented Conformity
Market Economies and Modern Organizations in Spanish Literature
chapter |34 pages
The Man with All the Qualities:
Can Business, Science and the Arts Go Hand in Hand?
chapter |37 pages
The Gioconda Smile of Authorities
An Essay on Fictional Pictures of Public Administration and Citizens