Deal and Kennedy (1982) identify three roles that story telling play in organizations. Which one of the following is NOT one of the three?

a. Stories allow people to escape the truth of their organizational reality
b. Stories help promote cohesiveness through shared meanings and understandings
c. Stories locate an organization’s history and its background which helps people understand current situations
d. Stores provide a picture of why things are as they are in the organization


a. Stories allow people to escape the truth of their organizational reality

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