The Elephant and the Flea : Looking Backwards to the Future
by Charles Handy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0091793637
- ISBN 13
- 9780091793630
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Hutchinson, UK, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover. 233 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 2001. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In a tone that is at once learned, genial, witty, and wise, Handy takes us on his life's journey, looking back to such topics as his childhood and education and how they prepared (or, rather, did not prepare) him for a career in business; the changing nature of organizational life within the context of the old economy and the new; the great variety of capitalism around the world; and, through it all, his struggle to find meaning and fulfillment in work. Handy uses the quirky, powerful metaphor of the elephant and the flea to describe and critique the great shift from the prevalence of behemoth, slow-moving, bureaucratic organizations that provided a lifetime of security and not much freedom or room for creativity, to a world in which we are much more independent and flea-like, flitting from job to job, latching onto elephants when we need to, but mostly flying solo and without safe havens. This book is both a poignant personal memoir and a deep reflection on the past and future of world capitalism, with all its possibilities and pitfalls. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0091793637. ISBN/EAN: 9780091793630. Inventory No: 21110013.. 9780091793630
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21110013
- Title
- The Elephant and the Flea : Looking Backwards to the Future
- Author
- Charles Handy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091793637
- ISBN 13
- 9780091793630
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Business, Finance & Marketing; The Elephant and the Flea : Looking Backwards to the Future
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Business, Finance & Marketing;
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