Postlog: Bringing Performance Back In

1 February 1989

journal article
Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Organizational Change Management

Vol. 2 (2) , 80-93
https://doi.org/10.1108/eum0000000001184

Abstract

Performance programs, games, rituals and story telling are looked at as part of the performance of organization. Some leaders in these methods are gifted performers, and they are able to pass on the plots of these themes to succeeding generations of employees.

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