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From Publishers Weekly
If writing a book "for anyone who wants to take action and turn the tables on the many systems that abuse and frustrate them" seems a little vague, the authors, both emeritus professors at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, include a description of what a system is and detailed definitions of creativity. Woven throughout the book are anecdotes of various bureaucracies being subverted by savvy individuals, ranging from a traveler who falsely claimed to know the president of an airline in order to get on an overbooked flight to a group of friends in a restaurant who offered to buy wine for the people at a neighboring table in order to get them to stop smoking. Although aimed at those in the business world, the stories are compelling enough to interest anyone who's ever felt inconvenienced or frustrated by over-bureaucratized situations.
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Review
Beating the system is a profession of necessity for most professionals. Best to learn the tips from a master. -- Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline and Founding Chair, Society for Organizational Learning
I loved the book and recommended it to virtually every sentient person I know who works in an organized setting. -- Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management at USC and author of On Becoming a Leader and Geeks and Geezers
The stories are real and captivating, the analysis is excellent, and the solutions are powerful and actionable. -- Chris Argyris, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
…for those of us who sometimes let ourselves get pushed around by systems, this book helps us stop being wimps! -- Michael Maccoby, author of The Productive Narcissist: the Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership
…gives insights and valuable advice on how to stay in control of your life despite complex and often broken systems. -- Ray Stata, Chairman of the Board, Analog Devices
I loved the book and recommended it to virtually every sentient person I know who works in an organized setting. -- Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management at USC and author of On Becoming a Leader and Geeks and Geezers
The stories are real and captivating, the analysis is excellent, and the solutions are powerful and actionable. -- Chris Argyris, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School
…for those of us who sometimes let ourselves get pushed around by systems, this book helps us stop being wimps! -- Michael Maccoby, author of The Productive Narcissist: the Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership
…gives insights and valuable advice on how to stay in control of your life despite complex and often broken systems. -- Ray Stata, Chairman of the Board, Analog Devices
Product Details
- Paperback: 175 pages
- Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (April 10, 2005)
- Language: English
打破体制 : 用创造性巧胜官僚机构/ (美)鲁塞尔·L. 阿克夫(Rusell L. Ackoff), (美)谢尔顿·罗文(Sheldon Rovin)著;肖聿译
- 作者(美)阿克夫著 (美)罗文著 肖聿译
- 价格CNY20.00
- 出版者北京:中国社会科学出版社 ,2007
- 索书号D03/933
- ISBN978-7-5004-5654-4
- 分类号D035 D035
- 关键词官僚主义-政治制度-研究
- 丛编
附注提要
书名原文：Beating the system。 本书从探索体制运作(或不运作)的机制入手，找出体制的弱点及其成因，然后说明官僚体制的影响力大多来自一些想当然的假定——体制对其自 身和对我们的假定、我们对体制和对自己的假定，并指出：创造性的本质和打破体制的第一步就是挑战这些假定。
书名原文：Beating the system。 本书从探索体制运作(或不运作)的机制入手，找出体制的弱点及其成因，然后说明官僚体制的影响力大多来自一些想当然的假定——体制对其自 身和对我们的假定、我们对体制和对自己的假定，并指出：创造性的本质和打破体制的第一步就是挑战这些假定。
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