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Music as a metaphor for organizational change

Saku Mantere (HANKEN, Department of Management and Organization, The Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland)
John A.A. Sillince (Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK)
Virpi Hämäläinen (Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland)

Journal of Organizational Change Management

ISSN: 0953-4814

Article publication date: 29 May 2007

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Abstract

Purpose

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To explore a musical metaphor in making organizational change a potentially pleasurable experience to participants.

Design/methodology/approach

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The paper begins by challenging ideological assumptions behind classical change metaphors. To build an alternative, the paper employs musical semiotics to understand the core dimensions in a musical experience.

Findings

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The paper discusses the dynamics of tension and resolution in the different dimensions of musical experience.

Originality/value

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The discussion regarding the dynamics of tension and resolution in musical experience helps the reader to make sense of how an individual organizational member can understand, structure and control the experience of organizational change.

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Citation

Mantere, S., Sillince, J.A.A. and Hämäläinen, V. (2007), "Music as a metaphor for organizational change", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 447-459. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810710740236

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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