Preface: Literature, Art and Management: Insights, Perspectives and Synergies

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The article deals with crossing the borders between artistry (from an aesthetical perspective), management (as a way of efficient organising) and creativity (as a fundamental issue in today’s competitive world). After adding an aesthetical lens (theory of aesthetic situation), the opposite areas of artistry, management and creativeness reveal fundamental links and common areas. Creativity, a driving force of human behaviour, should be a crucial element in artistry and management. After analysing the literature, the common denominators of arts, management and creativity are revealed: efficiency, a servant role towards goals, becoming above being, adaptation, and a tendency to drive towards kitsch traps. The particular role of performative arts for the transposition of improvisation and contextual inspiration into management and creativity is also analysed.
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Artistry, Management, and Creativity: Links and Common Denominators

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How can Lean Six Sigma foster the creation of heterotopias? This article will examine the use of Lean Six Sigma principles to magnify cracks within a traditional bureaucracy in order to create heterotopias that dramatically alter organizational practices. The empirical setting of this paper is a classic bureaucracy — the United States Army — but with an interesting twist, due to an overtness in implementing Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma protocols may be used to foster long-term change through alternative narratives akin to organizational entrepreneurship. Therefore, this paper sees Lean Six Sigma as a storytelling methodology, in lieu of a directive set of tools and techniques. In this autoethnography, I tell my story of how I tried to execute a human resources logistics process, a Relief-in-Place, but failed on the first attempt. While facing difficult bureaucratic obstacles, I relied upon my training as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt to use stories as a way to circumvent these obstacles, create a heterotopia, and ultimately achieve mission success.
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How Can Lean Six Sigma Foster Organizational Entrepreneurship in a Military Bureaucracy?

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Hustling is considered almost an obligation of the modern-day rapper, who is supposed to monetize his talent, while also remaining true to himself and his roots. Being a hustler or just achieving the status of one is desirable for modern-day rappers, as it validates their position in their social group. The voices that stand out are therefore those belonging to rappers who chose to go a different route and instead of bragging about their riches, prefer to present themselves as slackers, who are more concerned with the comfort of ‘laziness’ provided by their lyrical talents. As a case study I have selected a well-known rapper, Redman (1970), who is respected in the hip-hop community and has enjoyed some mainstream success, yet never commodified his image. He is one of the few rappers whose authenticity is never disputed, and in this article I want to argue that the main reason behind his special status is the laziness he projects through his lyrics as well as visual representations of his rap persona: the <italic>MTV Cribs</italic> episode, his role as Jamal in the 2001 movie <italic>How High</italic>, and the fictionalized version of himself in the short-lived <italic>Method &amp; Red</italic> TV series.
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Redman and the Realness of ‘Laziness’

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It is impossible for a play that is performed in-theatre and with a sedentary audience to have multiple scenes transpiring simultaneously. In contrast, in the Tamara-Land plays, scenes are played on multiple stages with the audience moving freely between rooms, selecting acts that are of interest to them, and chatting with passers-by in corridors to catch up on missed expository. Most organizational cultures typify Tamara-Land scenarios. In other words, discourses occur in multiple settings and with multiple audiences making it impossible to witness and/or participate in polyphonic conversations. The crux of this paper contends that organizational behaviour can be understood through storytelling venues in order to discover and uncover simultaneity. However, to date, a framework for understanding the infinite permutations that lead to these parallel discourses has been underdeveloped. This paper utilizes a model comprised of four ‘love systems’, seven differing antenarratives, and four forms of consciousness. It updates prior works describing Tamara-Land and antenarrative processes. Because of the model’s complexity, two case studies will be provided to aid in its understanding.
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Implications of Tamara-Land Consciousnesses Discourses for Organization Culture Studies

Book Review of <italic>Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take A Chance On You</italic> by Suneel Gupta with Carlye Adler. London: Endeavour, 2021

Book review of <italic>What Poetry Brings to Business</italic> by Morgan, Clare, with Kirsten Lange and Ted Buswick. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2010

Book review of <italic>Writing Differently</italic> by Pullen, A., Helin, J., &amp; Harding, N. (Eds.). Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2020

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Volume 16 (2021): Issue 1 (December 2021)

Preface: Literature, Art and Management: Insights, Perspectives and Synergies

Artistry, Management, and Creativity: Links and Common Denominators

How Can Lean Six Sigma Foster Organizational Entrepreneurship in a Military Bureaucracy?

Redman and the Realness of ‘Laziness’

Implications of Tamara-Land Consciousnesses Discourses for Organization Culture Studies

Book Review of Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take A Chance On You by Suneel Gupta with Carlye Adler. London: Endeavour, 2021

Book review of What Poetry Brings to Business by Morgan, Clare, with Kirsten Lange and Ted Buswick. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2010

Book review of Writing Differently by Pullen, A., Helin, J., & Harding, N. (Eds.). Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2020

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