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Gods of Management : Changing Work of Organisations 3rd Ed by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business, Economics and Law
A witty allegory of the four types of organisation: the club culture, ruled over by Zeus; the role culture, whose patron saint is Apollo; the task culture, owing allegiance to Athena; and the existential culture, whose people come under the orbit of Dionysus. This work is for the survivors in a world of ...Show more
Gods of Management - The Changing Work of Organisations by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business
The essential handbook for understanding management styles and finding your own.
Myself and Other More Important Matters by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business Finance Management
Charles Handy is perhaps best known outside the business world as a wise and warm presenter of Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day'. Long recognised as one of the world's leading business thinkers (over a million copies of his books have been sold around the world), in MYSELF AND OTHER MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS ...Show more
Myself and Other More Important Matters by Charles B. Handy
Category: Biography Memoir
Charles Handy is perhaps best known outside the business world as a wise and warm presenter of Radio 4's Thought for the Day. Long recognised as one of the world's leading business thinkers (over a million copies of his books have been sold around the world), in Myself and Other Important Matters he l ...Show more
The Elephant and the Flea by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business
This text looks at how individuals (the fleas in Charles Handy's analogy) relate to multi-national conglomerates (the elephants). In addition to addressing how and why we work, it covers a wide range of preoccupations and issues including the fear of big business. Paperback (B-Format)
The Empty Raincoat by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business, Economics and Law
In this extraordinary, life-affirming book, Charles Handy reaches for a philosophy beyond the impersonal mechanics of business organisations, and beyond material choices. He presents a powerful alternative vision, where life and work are re-grounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purpo ...Show more
The Hungry Spirit by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business Finance Management
With his characteristically very personal anecdotal style, Charles Handy analyses how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, and examines the false certainties of science and religion. He then builds a new theory of meaning, based on the researc ...Show more
The New Philanthropists by Charles B. Handy
Category: Biography Memoir
Who are the new philanthropists? And how is their philanthropy 'new'? In this remarkable and inspiring book, the eminent management writer Charles Handy and his wife Elizabeth, a portrait photographer, have collaborated to portray a new generation of practical philanthropists, men and women who have mad ...Show more
The New Philanthropists : The new generosity by Charles B. Handy
Category: Biography Memoir
Who are the new philanthropists? And how is their philanthropy 'new'? In this remarkable and inspiring book, the eminent management writer Charles Handy and his wife Elizabeth, a portrait photographer, have collaborated to portray a new generation of practical philanthropists, men and women who have mad ...Show more
Understanding Organizations by Charles B. Handy
Category: Business Finance Management
Organizations are a part of everyday life, whether in schools, hospitals, police stations or commercial companies. In this classic text, Charles Handy argues that the key to successful organizations lies in a better understanding of the needs and motivations of the people within them. Understanding Or ...Show more
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