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Poetry and Poetic Metaphor in Teaching Leadership and Ethics
Author(s) -
Van Buskirk William,
London Michael,
Plump Carolyn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of leadership studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.219
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1935-262X
pISSN - 1935-2611
DOI - 10.1002/jls.21358
Subject(s) - metaphor , rhetoric , poetry , face (sociological concept) , limiting , sociology , business ethics , epistemology , psychology , public relations , philosophy , linguistics , political science , social science , engineering , mechanical engineering
One result of the overextended and frenetic academic and managerial environments in which we find ourselves is the tendency to compartmentalize many discussions into rigidified and limiting formats. This is a particular problem with ethical discourse, where ethical concerns often exist in tension with managerial rhetoric. Pressurized command and control approaches, found in both business schools and organizations, often lack the linguistic resources to enable managers to discuss the subtle, ethical dimensions of the situations they face. The current article sketches an approach to this problem through the use of poetic metaphor.