TEACHING MANAGEMENT THROUGH LITERATURE

How can you teach management techniques by reading and discussing novels, poems and plays? Read on to discover how they can offer interesting and relevant examples of both good and questionable management practice.

1. Introduction by Ruth Herman

2. Using the texts as teaching tools

3. The guides to Teaching Management through Literature for each section are listed here:

Strategy

Leadership

Human resource management
Managing change

Complexity

Communication strategies

Managing diversity

Small business and entrepreneurship

Organisational behaviour

Business ethics

Marketing

The books related to each section are included on the Management Reading Compass or you can download the complete booklist by selecting Booklists on the right-hand side of the Top Menu Bar and choosing Teaching Management through Literature.

4. Further reading

The bibliography was compiled by Ruth Herman who joined the University of Hertfordshire Business School to teach Marketing and Public Relations after a career in industry as a Public Relations Manager. After a first degree in Literature with Historical Studies she progressed to a Ph.D. in English Literature and she also has an MA in Marketing and Organisational studies. Her publications span a wide range of topics from marketing through to literature and political propaganda. During her time at Hertfordshire she has become increasingly interested in the way these seemingly disparate areas can be usefully combined, particularly in teaching students how to think creatively. Her own experience in using literature on postgraduate programmes has demonstrated just how useful a tool it can be.

Download the Teaching Management through Literature bibliography as a pdf.