The Human Nature of Organizations

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The Human Nature
of Organizations
?MINUS BROWN
This thought-provoking book will stimulate you
to reevaluate the way you think about your work,
your community, and every organization you lead
or belong to.
The author—Princeton Dean Emeritus J. Doug-
las Brown—takes a penetrating look at the de-
personalizing effects of technology and bigness.
And he lays the blame for much that is wrong on
misapplication of scientific approaches to human
affairs.
Such scientific approaches, Dean Brown says,
strip people of their dignity and lead to shoddy
workmanship. The overemphasis on computers
and other technology makes people feel like
numbers—and react with resentment against all
bureaucracies.
With a penetrating examination of the subtle
ways through which leaders really lead, Dr. Brown
convincingly proves the case for a return to
human standards and the recognition by leaders
that their responsibilities go far beyond produc-
ing profits or running efficient... Tovább

Fülszöveg

$7.50
The Human Nature
of Organizations
?MINUS BROWN
This thought-provoking book will stimulate you
to reevaluate the way you think about your work,
your community, and every organization you lead
or belong to.
The author—Princeton Dean Emeritus J. Doug-
las Brown—takes a penetrating look at the de-
personalizing effects of technology and bigness.
And he lays the blame for much that is wrong on
misapplication of scientific approaches to human
affairs.
Such scientific approaches, Dean Brown says,
strip people of their dignity and lead to shoddy
workmanship. The overemphasis on computers
and other technology makes people feel like
numbers—and react with resentment against all
bureaucracies.
With a penetrating examination of the subtle
ways through which leaders really lead, Dr. Brown
convincingly proves the case for a return to
human standards and the recognition by leaders
that their responsibilities go far beyond produc-
ing profits or running efficient operations.
Chapter by chapter the elements of leadership
are dissected in terms of the human responses
they elicit. This thoughtful book singles out the
personal strengths that enable leaders to:
• transmit a sense of conscience to their fol-
lowers.
• use the force of tradition to strengthen posi-
tive attitudes.
• communicate across cultural barriers.
• motivate employees by recognizing their
legitimate human needs.
• iron out conflicts between corporate goals
and individual conscience.
• balance the need for conformity against the
freedom required to encourage creativity.
The Human Nature of Organizations blends
philosophy, the findings of scholarship, and an j
analysis of practical arts to raise the profession
of leadership to its proper position in the human-
ities.
There isn't a senior executive in any organiza-
tion or institution — industrial business
financial governmental educational or
health care—who won't want to read this book
with care. Vissza