Funny Business: Humour, Management and Business Culture - Softcover
A study of how humour is employed at all levels of management and in different business sectors; how managers use humour to influence and persuade, to motivate and unite, to say the unspeakable and to facilitate change; how humour is a shield to deflect criticism, to cope with failure and to defuse tension; how humour plays a wider role in business, reinforcing shared values, bonding teams and organizations, shaping and perpetuating corporate cultures; and how advertisers segment consumers by the humorous cues to which they respond. This book identifies situations where humour can be used as a tool, and also highlights areas where it is likely to backfire or show its limitations. The book also presents international perspectives, comparing British management with US, French and German management. It evaluates the impact of humour in advertising and is presented in an accessible style, utilizing quotes from "celebrity" business figures such as Sir John Harvey-Jones, Sir Peter Parker, Sir Allen Sheppard; Sir Winston Fletcher and Jeremy Bullmore.
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Jean-Louis Barsoux is a Research Fellow at Templeton College, Oxford.
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- PublisherUNKNO
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0304328219
- ISBN 13 9780304328215
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages200
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Good. Humour in the workplace is rarely neutral, trivial or random. It is deployed for the achievement of quite specific purposes, to do with self-preservation, getting things done or getting one's way. Managers use humour as a to influence and persuade, to motivate and unite, to say the unspeakable and to facilitate change. They also use humour as a to deflect criticism, to cope with failure, to defuse tension and to make their working lives more bearable. An awareness of how humour is used, by individuals and on them, is critical to managerial effectiveness.<br />Humour also plays a wider role in business, reinforcing shared values at every bonding teams in organizations, shaping and perpetuating corporate cultures, underpinning national management styles, and even helping advertisers to segment consumers by the humorous cues to which they respond.<br />In Funny Business Jean-Louis Barsoux explores the neglected area of humour in business. From first-hand observation and from interviews with a range of practising managers and top industrialists, including Sir John Harvey-Jones, Sir Peter Parker and Sir Allen Sheppard, he identifies the way humour is employed at all levels of organizations and in different sectors of the economy. Seller Inventory # SONG0304328219
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