Organizational Metaphors

Robert B. Huizinga ​is Adjunct Professor at The King’s University, Canada, and earned his doctorate from Regent University. He specializes in leadership development.Debra J. Dean is Adjunct Professor at Regent University, USA, where she earned her doctorate. Her research focuses on workplace spirituality.

• 1. From Dysfunction to Function: An Expansion of the Organizational Metaphor.- 2. An Introduction to Organizational Dysfunction.- 3. White Blood Cell Behavior as an Organizational Metaphor.- 4. Organization of the Living Dead: The Zombie Enterprise.- 5. Pygmalion Mirage as an Organizational Metaphor.- 6. Introducing Workplace Spirituality as a Catalyst to Transform from Dysfunction to Organizational Convergence.- 7. Shepherding the Flock: Shepherd Leadership in Multi-Cultural Environment.- 8. Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Using the Ladder as an Organizational Metaphor.- 9. Vineyard as an Organizational Metaphor.- 10. Music as an Organizational Metaphor: Deadpan and Expressive Organizations.- 11. Dystopia as an Organizational Metaphor.- 12. The Organization as a Mixed Martial Artist: A Metaphor for Environmental Uncertainty.- 13. The Book Metaphor and its Representation of an Organization.- 14. Conclusion.