Personal Case Analysis

Running head : MANAGEMENT

Managing Metaphorically : Personal Case Analysis

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The use of metaphors to describe actions and /or subjects imparts deeper understanding about such actions and subjects . According to Haste (1993 metaphors occupies an indispensable place in our daily communications interactions , relationship building , and in extension our understanding of the world . Common phrases such as , working as a donkey , he is the black sheep in the family , time is money , or even he is the head of the

family ' makes meaningful impacts to conversations and relationships as they help to create deeper and concrete delineations on seemingly trivial issues which otherwise would have been brushed aside as mere rhetoric . When applied in an organizational situation , metaphors can go a long way in enhancing sobriety at the workplace as they afford a purposive and critical analysis of seemingly complex organizational challenges ultimately solving them in a mutual manner (Morgan , 1980 br

.611 , 616 . As such , being the custodians of both organizational and employees ' needs in an organization , managers need to practice and actively apply the concepts of managing using metaphors . This attempts to explore the dynamics of managing metaphorically by utilizing a real-life managerial problem experienced at a workplace involving a clash between personal needs and organizational obligations . To achieve this , a multi-frame analysis will be employed where insights from three metaphorical theories : organizations as brains organizations ' as psychic prisons , and : organizations as instruments of domination will be juggled to create...