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Title: The Age of Paradox by Charles Handy ISBN: 0-87584-643-2 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: It baffles me how the book is so highly rated
Comment: It has virtually a few pages of sense that can be put into practice, and have any value.
I may be influenced by, my privilege of having lived in England from the mid seventies thru early eighties. He particularly acknowledges the former Labor Party, Tony Benn. This "socialist" even frightened moderate laborites of its time. Another one of those he acknowlges is former Vice President Al Gore, and for Mayor of New York, Mayor Dinkins. As a resident and taxpayer of New York, I know the true David Dinkins !
He correctly points out that Microsoft Corporation is merely "intelectual Property". I agree with him. Later on, he rambles on that ownership of Corporations and business's should be overhauled.
We can all learn from Japan and Germany, and without Japan the US Auto Industry would still be producing thousands upon thousands of junk. However, his reasons that British and American Society should adapt the German and Japanese systems are a joke. In reality, much which was implemented in the 80's in both UK and US is now hurriedly being copied in Germany.
His Chinese Contract is not even worth the time to comment on it !
Other than a few pages of real practicality and common sense, this book is nothing more than left wing rambling and nonsense
He says it is about time we paid the third world a fair price for their trees. I insist must replant trees, we must reduce the amount of paper we comsume. Culprits must not get off the hook. This,in my opinion, is essential whatever ones political beliefs. This paperback is about 320 pages. It is a pity so many trees have to be torn down and the end result is this junk
Rating: 4
Summary: Refreshing and challenging
Comment: I read this for an MA course. Since Handy lives in Great Britain, he has a wonderfully refreshing view of leadership and political life (and how they work together). I'm so glad I read this book. It's conclusions are challenging but make sense.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Read for the MBA student!
Comment: Handy does an excellent job of defining key business and personal paradoxes. The best section was on the intellectual paradox which future managers need to know how to anticipate and deal with.
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Title: The Age of Unreason by Charles Handy, Warren G. Bennis ISBN: 0875843018 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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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: Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership by Richard Farson, Michael Crichton ISBN: 0684830442 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Elephant and the Flea by Charles Handy ISBN: 1591391288 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: 07 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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