Managing within conversation: influencing for change

Abstract

This article introduces a concept of managing as part of the conversation of organising. It is not so much the idea that managers use conversation, but that conversation is the sea in which they swim. A story is used to lift the conversational processes that both promote and restrict managers’ actions and an alternative identification of leadership as a relationship rather than a gifting or status is suggested.

Citation

Ramsey, C. (1998), "Managing within conversation: influencing for change", Career Development International, Vol. 3 No. 7, pp. 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620439810240755