Business fable - Citizendia

A business fable is a fable written about a business or person in a business setting. A fable is a succinct story in prose or verse that features Animals Plants inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are The moral of the story is a business lesson, such as career development or the foundations of teamwork.

The two most famous writers of business fables are Dr. Ken Blanchard and Dr. Kenneth Hartley Blanchard (born May 6 1939) is an American author and Management expert Spencer Johnson who co-authored The One Minute Manager. Since then, they have independently introduced many other highly successful fables such as Who Moved My Cheese (which is more allegorical) and Raving Fans. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published in 1998 is a Motivational book by Spencer Johnson An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation

Other notable fable writers include Eliyahu M. Goldratt, author of The Goal, Patrick Lencioni, author of a successful series of business fables including the best-selling The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and David Mosby and Michael Weissman, co-authors of The Paradox of Excellence. Eliyahu M Goldratt (1948 -) is an Israeli physicist turned business consultant The Goal is a novel by Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt, the business consultant who created the Theory of Constraints model for systems management Patrick Lencioni is the author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, a popular Business fable that explores work team dynamics and offers solutions to help The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a bestselling business book by consultant and speaker Patrick Lencioni. The Paradox of Excellence is a Non-fiction book co-authored by David Mosby and Michael Weissman first published by Jossey-Bass an imprint of John Wiley & Sons

Examples

Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, published in 1998 is a Motivational book by Spencer Johnson The Goal is a novel by Dr Eliyahu M Goldratt, the business consultant who created the Theory of Constraints model for systems management The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a bestselling business book by consultant and speaker Patrick Lencioni. The Paradox of Excellence is a Non-fiction book co-authored by David Mosby and Michael Weissman first published by Jossey-Bass an imprint of John Wiley & Sons

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