Acting Strategically Using Drama Theory
by James William Bryant /
2015 / English / PDF
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In today’s confrontational and connected world, communication is
the key strategic act. This book uses drama theory―a radical
extension of game theory―to show how best to communicate so as to
manage the emotionally charged confrontations occurring in any
worthwhile relationship. Alongside a toolset that provides a
systematic framework for analysing conflicts, drama theory
explains why people need to listen to, and rely on, their
feelings to help shake themselves out of fixed, unproductive
positions and to find new ways of solving tough problems.
In today’s confrontational and connected world, communication is
the key strategic act. This book uses drama theory―a radical
extension of game theory―to show how best to communicate so as to
manage the emotionally charged confrontations occurring in any
worthwhile relationship. Alongside a toolset that provides a
systematic framework for analysing conflicts, drama theory
explains why people need to listen to, and rely on, their
feelings to help shake themselves out of fixed, unproductive
positions and to find new ways of solving tough problems.
This guide provides a sufficient grounding in the approach to
enable you to apply it immediately for your own benefit and for
the benefit of those with whom you work. A host of inspirational
examples are included based upon actual situations in social and
personal relations, business and organisational relations,
defence and political management. These will give you an entirely
fresh way of seeing how power is exercised in everyday
interpersonal exchanges and a greater critical awareness of such
factors as subtext and plotholes in public narratives. Using this
approach you will be able to overcome the dilemmas of credibility
and disbelief to build compelling messages that underpin your
strategic intent. Moving beyond the vague platitudes of concepts
like emotional intelligence, drama theory will also help you to
avoid the pathologies that bedevil the process of managing
conflicts and find ways of achieving authentic resolutions.
This guide provides a sufficient grounding in the approach to
enable you to apply it immediately for your own benefit and for
the benefit of those with whom you work. A host of inspirational
examples are included based upon actual situations in social and
personal relations, business and organisational relations,
defence and political management. These will give you an entirely
fresh way of seeing how power is exercised in everyday
interpersonal exchanges and a greater critical awareness of such
factors as subtext and plotholes in public narratives. Using this
approach you will be able to overcome the dilemmas of credibility
and disbelief to build compelling messages that underpin your
strategic intent. Moving beyond the vague platitudes of concepts
like emotional intelligence, drama theory will also help you to
avoid the pathologies that bedevil the process of managing
conflicts and find ways of achieving authentic resolutions.