| Main Title |
Calling a halt to mindless change : a plea for commonsense management / |
| Author |
Macdonald, John,
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| Publisher |
AMACOM, |
| Year Published |
1998 |
| OCLC Number |
38061601 |
| ISBN |
0814403492; 9780814403495; 0585099642; 9780585099644 |
| Subjects |
Organizational change ;
Industrial management ;
Labor--Organization ;
Organizational Innovation ;
Organisatieverandering
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EHAM |
HD58.8.M217 1997 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
06/02/2000 |
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| Collation |
xi, 244 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
pt. 1. Mindless Change. 1. Between Gods. 2. False Gods. 3. Entrenched Fads. 4. Recent Revolutions. 5. Mindless Education -- pt. 2. Pause for Thought. 6. Anticipating Change. 7. Whatever Happened to Buck Rogers? 8. A Global Challenge -- pt. 3. Simple Common Sense. 9. Purpose. 10. Focus. 11. Communication. 12. People. 13. Stewardship. A Plea for Commonsense Management. Macdonald offers sobering advice to counter what he calls the mindless adoption of the new "--Isms" and four-legged absolutes trumpeted by dancing elephants (management consultants) clamoring to be heard ... Numerous examples of these "evolutionary organizations" help connect this treatise. |
