Business fable

A business fable (also termed management fiction) is a motivational fable, parable or other fictional story that shares a lesson or lessons that are intended to be applied in the business world with the aim to improve the organizational culture. The genre saw a peak in the early 2000s.[1]

New York Times bestsellers in the business fable genre include:

  • Johnson, Spencer; Blanchard, Ken (1998). Who moved my cheese? : An a-mazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-49587-2.
  • Blanchard, Ken; Johnson, Spencer (1982). The one minute manager. New York: William Morrow. ASIN B004Q46TAQ. ISBN 978-0-688-01429-2. OCLC 8475284.
  • Lencioni, Patrick (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-7879-6075-9. OCLC 48588434.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Andrews, Andy (2002). The traveler's gift: Seven decisions that determine personal success. Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7852-6428-6. OCLC 49942201.
  • Swanepoel, Stefan (2011). Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-00859-1.
  • Kotter, John Paul; Rathgeber, Holger (2005). Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and succeeding under adverse conditions. Authors. ISBN 978-0-230-01685-9. Later republished by St. Martin's Press, Macmiliians, and Portfolio.

Other notable business fables include:

See also

References

  1. Evers, Kevin (1 July 2013). "Business Fables: The End". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 2017-12-09.


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