God of Management - Today and Tomorrow of Organizational Change

Author: (UK) Charles Handy Translator: Cui Jiangwei United Kingdom/UK
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Charles Handy uses insightful metaphors and plain wisdom to thoroughly analyze the characteristics of corporate culture, classifying it into four types: a team culture that builds radiating "spider webs" through influence, transferring power from the organizational center to the entire enterprise — Zeus type; a role culture that emphasizes hierarchy — Apollo type; a task culture centered on projects and focused on skill improvement — Athena type; and an existentialism that allows employees to freely express themselves — Dionysus type. This is not just a management book that reveals the personality of organizations, but also a book that delves into human nature. As you read, it will provide readers and corporate organizations with a new, guiding way of thinking... Organizations under the metaphors of the gods are diverse and vibrant. It is always necessary to re-examine ourselves and the organizations we are part of, but such re-examination requires an angle and a guide. The author of this book, Charles Handy, is a renowned management master in the UK whose works have benefited many enterprises. With rigorous logic and extraordinary imagination, he has become a prophet of a new order in management. The most remarkable outcome of his prophecies is their validation by reality. Many of the book's contents have already been or are currently being proven by the development of modern organizations. If we know so little about the future, it is largely because we do not have a deep enough understanding of reality. And this book will help us gain a deeper understanding of organizations in reality and ourselves, helping us answer those simple yet profound questions — Who am I? Where am I? Charles Handy uses insightful metaphors and plain wisdom to thoroughly analyze the characteristics of corporate culture, classifying it into four types: a team culture that builds radiating "spider webs" through influence, transferring power from the organizational center to the entire enterprise — Zeus type; a role culture that emphasizes hierarchy — Apollo type; a task culture centered on projects and focused on skill improvement — Athena type; and an existentialism that allows employees to freely express themselves — Dionysus type. This is not just a management book that reveals the personality of organizations, but also a book that delves into human nature. As you read, it will provide readers and corporate organizations with a new, guiding way of thinking.