{"product_id":"the-age-of-heretics-a-history-of-the-radical-thinkers-who-reinvented-corporate-management-hardback-9780470190708","title":"The Age of Heretics; A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management (Hardback) 9780470190708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Age of Heretics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eArt Kleiner (Author), Warren Bennis (Foreword by), Steven Wheeler (Foreword by), Walt McFarland (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470190708, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 August 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, Photos: 26 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color; Graphs: 5 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 3.6 cm, 0.662 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An inspiring and enlightening reading for any business person who fears their ideas may face initial rejection.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2008)  \u003cp\u003eVoted a \"Best Business Book of 2008\" by the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Heretics\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Warren Bennis.  \u003cp\u003ePreface by Steven Wheeler and Walter McFarland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Monastics: Corporate Culture and Its Discontents, 1945 to Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Pelagians: National Training Laboratories, 1947–1962.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reformists: Workplace Redesign at Procter \u0026amp; Gamble and the Gaines Dog Food Plant in Topeka, 1961–1973.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Protesters: Saul Alinsky, FIGHTON, Campaign GM, and the Shareholder Activism Movement, 1964–1971.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Mystics: Royal Dutch\/Shell’s Scenario Planners, 1967–1973.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Lovers of Faith and Reason: Heretical Engineers at Stanford Research Institute and MIT, 1955–1971.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Parzival’s Dilemma: Edie Seashore, Chris Argyris, and Warren Bennis, 1959–1979.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Millenarians: Erewhon, the SRI Futures Group, Herman Kahn, Royal Dutch\/Shell, and Amory Lovins, 1968–1979.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Rapids: Hayes and Abernathy, Tom Peters, W. Edwards Deming, the Creators of GE Work-Out, and Other Synthesizers of Management Change, 1974–1982.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501372305688,"sku":"9780470190708","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470190708_176800.jpg?v=1786234221","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-age-of-heretics-a-history-of-the-radical-thinkers-who-reinvented-corporate-management-hardback-9780470190708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}