{"product_id":"9789173350419","title":"The Tyranny of Metaphors","description":"Metaphores are all around, but what do they really mean? This book will encourage you to think about them critically.\u003cp\u003eA metaphor can say more than a thousand words. It is a blessing for us - but it can also be a curse. It helps us put into words remarkable phenomena, such as 'black holes'. Yet it can also obscure our view, throw up smokescreens and extinguish the light of thought ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMetaphors flourish in the workplaces of organisations. But what do all these words mean, and whom should one believe? Is it really the market that sets market-rate pay? (Or should the most fun jobs pay less?) And what does the hunt for cutting-edge competence mean exactly? Do truly sick organisations exist and, if so, can they be treated with pills or is surgery in the form of outsourcing the only cure? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eÖsten Ohlsson and Björn Rombach encourage us to look for a metaphor and then to look beyond and around it. They want us to engage in free and conscious thought. By way of help, they present us with a toolset.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a provocative challenge to engage in critical analysis, rather than an attempt at persuasion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sant rus Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064059216112,"sku":"9789173350419","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789173350419_p0.jpg?v=1763671793","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789173350419","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}