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Title: The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy, Warren G. Bennis ISBN: 0-87584-301-8 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: You Get What You Pay For
Comment: A company at which I worked adopted one of the philosophies in this book -- the core business -- and outsourced all of the functions it considered non-core, such as human resources, accounting, info technology etc. The resulting situation was miserable, I've never worked with unhappier people, and I'm glad as heck to be away from that outfit. The "unreason" concept is definitely nothing to be proud of.
Rating: 4
Summary: Don't take it *too* literally.
Comment: I had to both laugh at and give a helpful vote to the review below which accused the author of citing half-maked fragments of myths and anecdotes as evidence. To a certain degree, it's a fair cop, particularly if you're looking for a book which is going to really stunningly predict the future.
_The Age of Unreason_ isn't about predicting the future, it's about training yourself to look at the future in ways that you might otherwise not have done. As such, I found it a valuable and interesting book which is clearly based in a lot of meditation on learning and learning theories.
Some of the things Handy mentioned turned out to have become true since the book was written. Other things didn't-- but it doesn't matter ultimately. What the book asks is this: Can you recognize the real causes for pain that you identify? Can you think differently to force discontinuous change? Is your vision of the future based on an accurate perception of the past, or are you looking past major factors because you don't recognize the role of gradual change?
People who like this book may like some of the books on developing strategies using scenario exercises. This book also contains a decent (if dated) bibliography.
Rating: 1
Summary: Definitely not for a reader who can reason
Comment: You will like this book only if you are a non-analytical thinker. It's not really a book that educates with facts, data, arguments, or insights. It's more of a book where the author says "Here are some bits of facts and myths that I have run across in my readings and here are some unsupported, unoriginal thoughts I have that may be related (or not) to what I just talked about."
If you are a well educated, thoughtful, reasonably creative person who has some insight into your life, you will read this book and say, "everything in this book is obvious." If you are a person who has difficulty thinking things through, you probably would find this of value.
I know MOST people seem to find this book of some value. I am probably in the minority. If you are trying to decide whether to buy this book, you might ask this question: when you read the book, "7 habits of highly effective people," did you think
A: I know everything in this book already and I can't believe there is anyone out there who doesn't
or
B: Wow this is a great book and I learned a lot from this book.
If you answered A, then you will find this book to be a waste of money.
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Title: The Age of Paradox by Charles Handy ISBN: 0875846432 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Hungry Spirit by Charles Handy ISBN: 0767901886 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 05 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Understanding Organizations by Charles Handy ISBN: 0140156038 Publisher: Penguin Uk Pub. Date: February, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Gods of Management: The Changing Work of Organizations by Charles Handy ISBN: 0195096177 Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Waiting for the Mountain to Move : Reflections on Work and Life by Charles Handy ISBN: 0787946591 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 19 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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