"Recognized as a benchmark, Whyte's book reveals the dilemmas at the heart of the group ethos that emerged in the corporate and social world of the postwar era."-Nathan Glazer
"Recognized as a benchmark, Whyte's book reveals the dilemmas at the heart of the group ethos that emerged in the corporate and social world of the postwar era."-Nathan GlazerHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William H. Whyte (1917-1999) was editor of Fortune magazine and Distinguished Professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books of social and environmental analysis, including The Last Landscape, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Joseph Nocera, Fortune magazine executive editor, is an award-winning financial journalist. He is the author of A Piece of the Action: How the Middle Class Joined the Money Class, which won the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism, and he anchored the 1997 PBS Frontline documentary "Betting on the Market." Jenny Bell Whyte, a fashion designer, is credited with introducing African textiles to the mainstream American clothing market. Her current company, Museum Pieces to Wear, restores old textiles and incorporates them into new clothes. She and William H. Whyte were married in 1964.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword, by Joseph Nocera PART I. THE IDEOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION MAN 1. Introduction 2. Decline of the Protestant Ethic 3. Scientism 4. Belongingness 5. Togetherness PART II. THE TRAINING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 6. A generation of Bureaucrats 7. The Practical Curriculum 8. Business Influence on Education 9. The Pipe Line 10. The "Well-Rounded" Man PART III. THE NEUROSES OF ORGANIZATION MAN 11. The Executive: Non-Well-Rounded Man 12. 12. The Executive Ego 13. Checkers PART IV. THE TESTING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 14. How Goon an Organization Man Are You? 15. The Tests of Conformity PART V. THE ORGANIZATION SCIENTIST 16. The Fight against Genius 17. The Bureaucratization of the Scientist 18. The Foundations and Projectism PART VI. THE ORGANIZATION MAN IN FICTION 19 Love That System 20. Society As Hero PART VII. THE NEW SUBURBIA: ORGANIZATION MAN AT HOME 21. The Transients 22. The New Roots 23. Classlessness in Suburbia 24. Inconspicuous Consumption 25. The Web of Friendship 26. The Outgoing Life 27. The Church of Suburbia 28. The Organization of Children 29. Conclusion Afterword, by Jenny Bell Whyte Appendix: How to Cheat on Personality Tests Acknowledgments Index
Foreword, by Joseph Nocera PART I. THE IDEOLOGY OF ORGANIZATION MAN 1. Introduction 2. Decline of the Protestant Ethic 3. Scientism 4. Belongingness 5. Togetherness PART II. THE TRAINING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 6. A generation of Bureaucrats 7. The Practical Curriculum 8. Business Influence on Education 9. The Pipe Line 10. The "Well-Rounded" Man PART III. THE NEUROSES OF ORGANIZATION MAN 11. The Executive: Non-Well-Rounded Man 12. 12. The Executive Ego 13. Checkers PART IV. THE TESTING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 14. How Goon an Organization Man Are You? 15. The Tests of Conformity PART V. THE ORGANIZATION SCIENTIST 16. The Fight against Genius 17. The Bureaucratization of the Scientist 18. The Foundations and Projectism PART VI. THE ORGANIZATION MAN IN FICTION 19 Love That System 20. Society As Hero PART VII. THE NEW SUBURBIA: ORGANIZATION MAN AT HOME 21. The Transients 22. The New Roots 23. Classlessness in Suburbia 24. Inconspicuous Consumption 25. The Web of Friendship 26. The Outgoing Life 27. The Church of Suburbia 28. The Organization of Children 29. Conclusion Afterword, by Jenny Bell Whyte Appendix: How to Cheat on Personality Tests Acknowledgments Index
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