[esocialaction] FW: ICTs in the Contemporary World Seminars - Seminar Weds 8th Ma rch 2006

[Walker, Steve]

Looks like it would strike a chord!
 
Steve
 
________________________________________________________________
Steve Walker, Senior Lecturer
Leeds Metropolitan University
School of Information Management
Phone: (44) 113 283 7448

  _____  

From: Keys,ES [mailto:E.S.keys at lse.ac.uk]
Sent: Tue 20/12/05 10:52
Subject: ICTs in the Contemporary World Seminars - Seminar Weds 8th March
2006



The Department of Information Systems presents as part of its Second series
of ICTs in the contemporary world seminars: 
Cultures of Information and Cultures of Storytelling 
Yiannis Gabriel, School of Management, Royal Holloway University of London 
Wednesday 8th March 2006 
15:00-17:00 
  
We live in a world saturated with information and image. In such a culture,
numbers and pictures reign supreme, creating regimes of truth and exercising
a tyrannical control over both discourse and policy. What chance stand
fragile narratives like stories stand in such a culture? The author will
examine the role, value and power of stories and storytelling in a
information-dominated society. He will argue that, while often marginal and
ignored, the quiet voice of the storyteller fills a gaping vacuum of
sense-making and sense-giving that neither information nor image can meet.
The author will offer various examples of how stories 'work' as vehicles of
communication and learning.

Yiannis Gabriel is Professor of Organizational Theory at the School of
Management, Royal Holloway University of London. Professor Gabriel is well
known for his work into organizational storytelling and narratives,
management learning and the culture and politics of contemporary
consumption. He has used stories as a way of studying numerous social and
organizational phenomena including leader-follower relations, group dynamics
and fantasies, nostalgia, insults and apologies. More recently he has
explored the education of managers and leaders in institutions of higher
education and the ways in which MBAs influence professional practice.
Yiannis has made his own contribution to pedagogy as author and co-author of
several textbooks on organizations. His most recent publications include the
edited collection Myths, Stories and Organizations (OUP, 2004) and the
articles "Glass cages and glass palaces: Images of organization in
image-conscious times" (Organization, 2005) and. "MBA and the education of
leaders: The new playing fields of Eton?" (Leadership, 2005). His enduring
fascination as a researcher lies in
what he describes as the unmanageable qualities of life in and out of
organizations. 
Please note places will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis -
registration is not required. If you have any further queries regarding this
seminar or any future events in this series please contact: Emma Keys,
Research Coordinator

E: e.s.keys at lse.ac.uk 
T: 00 44 (0) 207 955 6398 
http://is.lse.ac.uk/events/ICTinCW/default.htm
<http://is.lse.ac.uk/events/ICTinCW/default.htm>  



To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: ole0.bmp
Type: image/bmp
Size: 62 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : https://www.email-lists.org/pipermail/esocialaction/attachments/20051220/8441d4ce/ole0.bmp