 The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management , 2nd Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-19070-8
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432 pages
July 2008, Jossey-Bass
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Preface by Steven Wheeler and Walter McFarland.
Introduction.
1. Monastics: Corporate Culture and Its Discontents, 1945 to Today.
2. Pelagians: National Training Laboratories, 1947-1962.
3. Reformists: Workplace Redesign at Procter & Gamble and the Gaines Dog Food Plant in Topeka, 1961-1973.
4. Protesters: Saul Alinsky, FIGHTON, Campaign GM, and the Shareholder Activism Movement, 1964-1971.
5. Mystics: Royal Dutch/Shell's Scenario Planners, 1967-1973.
6. Lovers of Faith and Reason: Heretical Engineers at Stanford Research Institute and MIT, 1955-1971.
7. Parzival's Dilemma: Edie Seashore, Chris Argyris, and Warren Bennis, 1959-1979.
8. Millenarians: Erewhon, the SRI Futures Group, Herman Kahn, Royal Dutch/Shell, and Amory Lovins, 1968-1979.
9. The Rapids: Hayes and Abernathy, Tom Peters, W. Edwards Deming, the Creators of GE Workout, and Other Synthesizers of Management Change, 1974-1982.
Bibliography.
Notes.
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Index.
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