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Organisations can drive us crazy. Discover how to stop working for THE ORG and start making THE ORG work for you.
The Org
how the office really works
$56.74
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2014
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Summary
Why do members of Al Qaeda have to submit travel and expense reports?
How do you create incentives for policemen, or priests?What are managers good for?We create organisations because they are an efficient way of doing something we couldn’t do alone. We join organisations because we are inspired by their mission, or their payslip. But once we’re inside, these organisations rarely feel efficient or inspiring.In THE ORG, Ray Fisman and Tim …Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848549944 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848549946 |
| Author: | Tim Sullivan, Ray Fisman |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2014 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
The writing is compelling, the research is rigorous and the topic could hardly be more relevant to us all - The Org is a must-read. - Tim Harford, author of THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST STRIKES BACK
If you despair at endless meetings and interfering managers - you need to read The Org … a charming and deeply researched field guide to what makes organisations tick, and why they sometimes drive us crazy. - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian columnist and author of THE ANTIDOTEa compelling new book….The book offers telling insight on a topic that has ebbed and flowed across the world over the last 30 years, as governments of all stripes have set out to privatize state-owned enterprises and outsource services - what does the private sector do better than government, and what does it do worse? - The New York TimesA voice of reasoned analysis amid the airport bookstore barkers … breezy and approachable … the conclusions and insights presented in THE ORG are ones you can actually use. Less Hollywood blockbuster and more a moody independent film, THE ORG is incisive on how things actually are, while leaving readers to find the answers. - Bloomberg Business WeekAbout The Author
Tim Sullivan
Ray Fisman is Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School. Tim Sullivan is the editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press.
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