Music as a metaphor for organizational change

Saku Mantere; John A A Sillince; Virpi Hämäläinen

doi:10.1108/09534810710740236

Music as a metaphor for organizational change

Saku Mantere^*, John A A Sillince, Virpi Hämäläinen

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Aston Business School

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Abstract

Purpose - To explore a musical metaphor in making organizational change a potentially pleasurable experience to participants. Design/methodology/approach - The paper begins by challenging ideological assumptions behind classical change metaphors. To build an alternative, the paper employs musical semiotics to understand the core dimensions in a musical experience. Findings - The paper discusses the dynamics of tension and resolution in the different dimensions of musical experience. Originality/value - The discussion regarding the dynamics of tension and resolution in musical experience helps the reader to make sense of how an individual organizational member can understand, structure and control the experience of organizational change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	447-459
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Organizational Change Management
Volume	20
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810710740236
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2007

Keywords

Metaphors
Music
Organizational change

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