Business fable

A business fable (also termed management fiction) is a motivational fable, parable or other fictional story that shares a lesson or lessons that are intended to be applied in the business world with the aim to improve the organizational culture. The genre saw a peak in the early 2000s.

New York Times bestsellers in the business fable genre include:

• Johnson, Spencer; Blanchard, Ken (1998). Who moved my cheese? : An a-mazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-49587-2.
• Blanchard, Ken; Johnson, Spencer (1982). The one minute manager. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-01429-2. OCLC 8475284.
• Lencioni, Patrick (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-0-7879-6075-9. OCLC 48588434.
• Andrews, Andy (2002). The traveler's gift: Seven decisions that determine personal success. Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7852-6428-6. OCLC 49942201.
• Swanepoel, Stefan (2011). Surviving Your Serengeti: 7 Skills to Master Business and Life. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-00859-1.
• Kotter, John Paul; Rathgeber, Holger (2005). Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and succeeding under adverse conditions. Authors. ISBN 978-0-230-01685-9. Later republished by St. Martin's Press, Macmiliians, and Portfolio.

Other notable business fables include:

• Goldratt, Eliyahu M.; Cox, J. (1984). The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. Pretoria, South Africa: National Productivity Institute. ISBN 978-0-947015-45-9.
• Burg, Bob; Mann, John David (2007). The go-giver: A Little Story about a Powerful Business Idea. Portfolio. ISBN 978-1-59184-200-2.
• Fish! Philosophy by Stephen Lundin (2000)
• The Chicken and the Pig

See also

• Self-help book
• Motivational speaker
• Popular psychology