A critical treatise which predicts life and business in the 1990s, this volume argues that in order to profit more from business in the late 20th century readers must overturn traditional ideas of education, career and management. It also conveys a vision of new discoveries and freedoms. Charles Handy also wrote "Gods of Management", "Taking Stock", "The Future of Work" and "Understanding Organisations".

The age of unreason

Business & Money

CHARLES B. HANDY

Biography & History

RANDOM HOUSE BUSINESS BOOKS

Beyond Certainty

Management & Leadership

Hutchinson

The New Alchemists Signed Ed

Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House

The Age of Unreason & The Empty Raincoat WH Smith Traveller's Companion

Arrow

<p>In this extraordinary, life-affirming book, Charles Handy reaches for a philosophy beyond the impersonal mechanics of business organizations, and beyond material choices. He presents a powerful alternative vision, where life and work are regrounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purposeful direction. 'The empty raincoat is to me, the symbol of our most pressing paradox. If economic progress means that we become anonymous cogs in some great machine, then progress is an empty promise. The challenge must be to show how paradox can be managed.' from 'The Empty Raincoat'</p>

EMPTY RAINCOAT, THE

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Gods of Management: The Changing Work of Organisations

Business Culture

Arrow Books

<p>Throughout a long and distinguished career, Charles Handy has spent much of his time observing organizations and the behaviour of the people in them. Based on this rich experience, "Inside Organizations" is Handy's personal anthology of twenty-one ideas which will change the way people see their world, and help them to organize it better. It contains anecdotes, commentary and questions which challenge the reader and help them apply each idea to their particular situation whether they work in a large corporation, a school, a hospital, or a restaurant. Light-hearted yet profound, this Penguin edition of "Inside Organizations" will have a broad general appeal, complementing Handy's outstandingly successful work "Understanding Organizations".</p>

Inside Organizations : 21 Ideas for Managers

Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

Gods of management: How they work, and why they will fail

Souvenir Press

GODS OF MANAGEMENT: THE CHANGING WORK OF ORGANISATIONS

Souvenir Press Ltd.

Handy jargon-free observations pack more power because of their clarity and prescriptive nature. --'Fortune'A man with a lifetime s experience... One of the more stimulating books on management. --'Financial Times'This is a serious book, while improving on the majority of managerial texts by being entertaining as well as instructive. --'Management Today' --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. The four gods of the title - Zeus, Apollo, Athena and Dionysus - symbolize the different styles of management and culture to be found in organizations. The underlying point is that management is not a precise science, but more of a creative and political process, owing much to the prevailing culture and traditions of the organization. Part 1 explains the theory of cultures and how it applies to organizations; Part 2 examines the major cultural crisis affecting businesses today; as the multi-layered and multi-structured organizations - in the Apollonian or bureaucratic model - have reached a dead end and must give way to the cultures of Zeus and Dionysus, gods of individualism and personal power.

Pan.

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