Charles Handy

21 Ideas for Managers

Practical Wisdom for Managing Your Company and Yourself

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Produktbeschreibung

Celebrated the world over for his gentle wit and keen insight into human behavior, Charles Handy is widely regarded as one of today's best social and business philosophers. This latest collection of Handy's work groups twenty-one of the revered BBC commentator's best essays on why organizations and the people in them behave the way they do. Beginning with "A World of Differences," which voices Handy's fresh take on diversity in the workplace, each essay is a bite-sized bit of humor and wisdom that sheds new light on what motivates people on the job. As useful as they are incisive, these twenty-one ideas should be heard by anyone seeking fresh perspectives on how better to manage themselves and others. Available for sale in the U.S. and Canada only.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780787952198
• ISBN-10: 0787952192
• Artikelnr.: 22334334

Autorenporträt

CHARLES HANDY was born in Kildare, Ireland, in 1932, and was for many years a professor at the London Business School. From 1977 to 1981, Handy served as warden of St. George's House in Windsor Castle, a private conference and study center concerned with ethics and values in society. He is now an independent writer and broadcaster who describes himself, these days, as a social philosopher. Other books by Handy include Waiting for the Mountain to Move, Beyond Certainty, and The Hungry Spirit.