The Age of Heretics
Heroes, Outlaws, and the Forerunners of Corporate Change
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Word Count
103,500 words, Guess
Page Count
414 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7439728M
- ISBN-139780385415767
- ISBN-100385415761
- OCLC Control Number34113946
- OCLC Control Numberageofhereticsher0000klei
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96003670
- Goodreads1409250
- LibraryThing442444
Classifications
- LCCHD58.8 .K57 1996b
Description
In this second edition of his bestselling book, author Art Kleiner explores the nature of effective leadership in times of change and defines its importance to the corporation of the future. He describes a heretic as a visionary who creates change in large-scale companies, balancing the contrary truths they can't deny against their loyalty to their organizations. The Age of Heretics reveals how managers can get stuck in counterproductive ways of doing things and shows why it takes a heretical point of view to get past the deadlock and move forward.
First Sentence
The historian John P. Davis tells us that the great-great-grandfathers of today's large, mainstream corporations were the monasteries of the early Christian church.
Description
While protesters stormed through Haight-Ashbury and Greenwich Village, an equally radical group of "corporate heretics" was fighting for change within major corporations such as Shell Oil, General Foods, and Procter & Gamble. These heretics recognized that, to truly change society, they would have to attack the dominant institutions of their time. In this magisterial cultural history that offers new insight into the recreation of institutions, journalist Art Kleiner shows how the heretics' struggle for truth paved the way for the ideals of democracy in key Fortune 100 companies. Take the story of Lyman Ketchum, a plant manager for General Foods. Ketchum's experience with the encounter groups so popular in the sixties led him to devise a revolutionary structure for his new dog food plant. He ignored traditional assembly lines, staffed by bored and disgruntled workers, in favor of teams of technicians who had to understand and take responsibility for their work - a radical concept then, and radical even by today's standards. Although these heretics were underappreciated in their time - and often fired or demoted for their radical ideas - the ideals they fought for live on in the ever-changing American corporation. Only by understanding their struggle can today's corporate leaders succeed in changing business for the better.
Subjects
Other Editions
- The Age of Heretics: Heroes, Outlaws, and the Forerunners of Corporate Change
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