(His enduring popularity started me thinking about the difference between those Gods of Management who endure and those who go stale. Who deserves to hold their place on Olympus alongside Machiavelli, Sun Tzu and Drucker, and whom do we throw off the mountain?
德鲁克的长期流行不禁让我开始思考，是什么让一些人成了经久不衰的管理之神，而另一些人却被时代淘汰。谁应该和马基雅维利(Machiavelli)、孙子、德鲁克一样，在奥林匹亚山(Olympus)上拥有一席之地，谁又应该被抛下山去？)
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Gods of Management
Description
What would the world of business be like if it were run by the Greek gods of yore? Would Apollo be the right man at the helm of Acme Widget? What sweeping changes would Athena make if she controlled an ad agency? While this might merely seem like an entertaining concept, it also happens to be an extremely valuable framework for understanding management styles and the corporate cultures associated with them.In The Gods of Management , best-selling author Charles Handy uses four Greek gods to illustrate for managers the basic approaches they can use in their own businesses. When power radiates throughout the company from a top boss, that would be an example of a Zeus or "club" organization, one that investment banks and brokerage firms often adopt for their corporate climates. An Apollo "role" culture, on the other hand, results in a stable bureaucracy, such as a life insurance company or a firm with a long history of success with a single product. The Athena "task" environment emphasizes talent, youth, and team problem-solving, as we'd find in ad agencies and consultancies. And lastly, a Dionysius "existential" design exists to let individuals achieve their purposes, as in a university or group medical practice.
In this thought-provoking volume, Charles Handy shows managers how to be aware of the cultural choices they can make to create a more productive and satisfying workplace.
Reviews
"A prescient caveat, written some fifteen years before 'change engineers' said that sticking to an organization chart can do more harm than good."--Business Week
Product Details
272 pages; 15 line illus.; 5-5/16 x 8; ISBN13: 978-0-19-509617-0ISBN10: 0-19-509617-7About the Author(s)
Charles Handy is a Fellow of the London Business School. His books on management have been translated into over a dozen languages, and have sold over one million copies around the world. His first, Understanding Organizations has been the standard textbook in Britain for many years.
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