Elephant and flea

Author: (English) Handy
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Over twenty years ago, Charles Handy predicted that future life would be a combination of lifestyles, and the number of full-time employees would account for less than half of the total workforce. At the age of forty-nine, he began to personally experience his prophecy, becoming a "flea." In this new book, which reads like a memoir, the author, as an independent worker (a flea), reflects on his life. He realizes that in the current and future more flexible world, everyone will experience the transformation of becoming a flea. But how can we learn to market ourselves and set our own value? How can we arrange our learning and development? How can we balance our lives and marriages, and find the meaning of our lives and work? Charles Handy explores the relationship between organizations and individuals from all aspects. For those who want to understand the changes happening in the work environment and life issues, this book is undoubtedly instructive. In this book, large enterprises are "elephants," and individuals are "fleas." In the future organizational model, more and more individuals will detach from large organizations. The author believes that this will be the future model of commercial society development.