| Title : | Gods of management | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Charles B. Handy, Author | | Edition statement: | 3rd ed | | Publisher: | London : Arrow | | Publication Date: | 1995 | | Pagination: | 268 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 20 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-09-954841-6 | | Class number: | 658.4 | | Abstract: | The four gods of the title symbolise the very different styles of management and culture to be found in today's organisations. Zeus is the dynamic entrepeneur who rules over companies of the 'club culture', characterised by speed of decision and rapid, intuitive communication. Apollo, god of order and bereaucracy, is the patron of the 'role culture', based not on personalities but on definition of the jobs to be done. Athena, goddess of craftsmen, recognises only expertise as the basis of power and influence: hers is the 'task culture'. Dionysus is the god preferred by artists and prfessionals within the 'existential culture',people who owe little or no allegience to a boss. | | Contents note: | Introduction
Part One The theory of cultural propriety
1. The Four Gods of Management; 2. The Gods at Work; 3. The Gods in Balance; 4. The Gods in Their Settings
Part Two The Apollonian Crisis
5. The Dilemma of Apollo; 6. Reactions; 7. The Gods in New Order; 8. The Consequences
Notes and References; Index. |
Gods of management [printed text] / Charles B. Handy, Author . - 3rd ed . - London : Arrow, 1995 . - 268 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-09-954841-6 | Class number: | 658.4 | | Abstract: | The four gods of the title symbolise the very different styles of management and culture to be found in today's organisations. Zeus is the dynamic entrepeneur who rules over companies of the 'club culture', characterised by speed of decision and rapid, intuitive communication. Apollo, god of order and bereaucracy, is the patron of the 'role culture', based not on personalities but on definition of the jobs to be done. Athena, goddess of craftsmen, recognises only expertise as the basis of power and influence: hers is the 'task culture'. Dionysus is the god preferred by artists and prfessionals within the 'existential culture',people who owe little or no allegience to a boss. | | Contents note: | Introduction
Part One The theory of cultural propriety
1. The Four Gods of Management; 2. The Gods at Work; 3. The Gods in Balance; 4. The Gods in Their Settings
Part Two The Apollonian Crisis
5. The Dilemma of Apollo; 6. Reactions; 7. The Gods in New Order; 8. The Consequences
Notes and References; Index. |
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