Staging Organization: Plays As Critical Commentaries on Workplace Life

In: Palgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities Ser

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1 Breakfast Was My Idea -- References -- 2 Soft Targets -- Act I: The World Without -- Act II: The Polka Within -- Commentary by Dawn Elm (University of St. Thomas) and Sandra Waddock (Boston College) -- References -- 3 Capitalist Pigs -- ACT 1 -- ACT II -- Commentary by Melissa Baucus (Texas State University) -- The Experience of Acting -- The Play's "Message" for Teaching -- The Importance of Stories -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Blasphemy & Doubt -- Commentary by Aliki Nicolaides (University of Georgia), Aftab Erfan (University of British Columbia), and David McCallum (Lemoyne College) -- David McCallum on Social Constructivism -- Aliki Nicolaides on Loops of Learning and Feedback -- Aftab Erfan on Action Logics -- Ending -- Reference -- 5 Cow Going Abstract -- Commentary by Jan Rae (London South Bank University) -- References -- 6 The Invisible Foot -- Commentary by Peter Rivard (Suffolk University) & Rich Dejordy (California State University, Fresno) -- References -- 7 The Age of Loneliness -- Commentary by Allan Owens (University of Chester), Anne Pässilä (Lappeenranta University of Technology), and Tatiana Chemi (Aalborg University) -- "I shot her twice": negotiating meaning in staged readings -- References -- 8 Through the Reading Glasses -- Through the Reading Glasses -- Commentary by Carol H. Sawyer (University of La Verne) -- An active, dynamic process -- References -- 9 Using Plays -- References -- Index