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The Age of Unreason
Handy Charles
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Description for The Age of Unreason
Paperback. Examines how dramatic changes are transforming business, education, and the nature of work. This title discusses the need for new kinds of organizations, new approaches to work, new types of schools, and new ideas about the nature of our society. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
In an era when change is constant, random, and, as Handy calls it, discontinuous, it is necessary to break out of old ways of thinking in order to use change to our advantage. Handy examines how dramatic changes are transforming business, education, and the nature of work. We can see it in astounding new developments in technology, in the shift in demand from manual to cerebral skills, and in the virtual disappearance of lifelong, full-time jobs. Handy maintains that discontinuous change requires discontinuous, upside-down thinking, and discusses the need for new kinds of organizations, new approaches to work, new types ... Read more
In an era when change is constant, random, and, as Handy calls it, discontinuous, it is necessary to break out of old ways of thinking in order to use change to our advantage. Handy examines how dramatic changes are transforming business, education, and the nature of work. We can see it in astounding new developments in technology, in the shift in demand from manual to cerebral skills, and in the virtual disappearance of lifelong, full-time jobs. Handy maintains that discontinuous change requires discontinuous, upside-down thinking, and discusses the need for new kinds of organizations, new approaches to work, new types ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780875843018
SKU
V9780875843018
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Ref
99-15
About Handy Charles
Charles Handy is an author and broadcaster living in London. He is a Fellow at the London Business School where he was a professor for many years. His books have sold over one million copies around the world. He has been, in his time, an oil executive, a business economist, a professor, and Chairman of the Royal Society of Arts. ... Read more
Reviews for The Age of Unreason
Named one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books" by TIME Magazine (TIME.com)