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Title: The Addictive Organization : Why We Overwork, Cover Up, Pick Up the Pieces, Please the Boss, and Perpetuate S by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0-06-254874-3 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 14 September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding insights and many missing links
Comment: The key insight I had when I read this book is that the behavior of organizations when they become "addictive" follows very predictable patterns. There is nothing unique about them. But to a society that is full of "addicts" who create addictive organizations, the principles revealed in this book will stir reactions and opposition. The book is almost too honest, and there lies its power. The book has many new insights and connections and is a lot of fun to read. I found myself chuckling often.
Rating: 3
Summary: The authors are reaching....
Comment: Oh boy....interesting analogy, but I believe that the cause of the woes of many organizations cannot be attributed to just this cause. For the sakes of an entertaining analogy it may entertain you.
Rating: 5
Summary: But don't expect the Company to Like it!
Comment: In many years in the Corporate life, I wanted the Company to understand that a lot of the problems management was having were caused by...surprise!...management.
This book is excellent in explaining to those of us who hate the insanity of corporate life what is happening and why, and possible remedies.
If you are working, or are listening to a friend or loved one complain over and over about office politics and craziness of different bosses, this book is a great read.
Even the authors, however, will tell you not to expect the Company to listen. They might nod and buy the book, pass them around HR and so on, but in essence, most mid- to large-sized corporations are so big that their dysfunctional behavior cannot be taken apart without the whole thing unfolding. (Or at least, that's what they believe, and so the urge to hold on).
The CEO of a dysfunctional company won't appreciate the insight that each company is as healthy or as ill as their top leader - the further away she/he gets from the goings on, the less s/he may be aware of this, and the less willing to hear this.
My advise is to read the book but expect no "cures". Reading this book helped my sanity (I took early retirement). Anyone suffering inside a corporation can start questioning, seriously, if they want to stay in this dysfunctional "family" (there may not be much of a choise)and if they can get out, start planning. Even if retirement or leaving is years away, planning helps. Get a life outside the Company. Also read "Crazy Bosses" and other books by Anne Wilson Schaef.
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Title: When Society Becomes an Addict by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0062548549 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 20 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Co-Dependence : Misunderstood--Mistreated by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0062507699 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 03 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Living in Process: Basic Truths for Living the Path of the Soul by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0345435672 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Beyond Therapy, Beyond Science : A New Model for Healing the Whole Person by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0595150535 Publisher: Backinprint.com Pub. Date: 28 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Escape from Intimacy : Untangling the ``Love'' Addictions: Sex, Romance, Relationships by Anne Wilson Schaef ISBN: 0062548735 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 31 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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