Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Random House UK | | Mass Market Paperback | p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truthsIt is the amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life, for example a good job, a loving relationship, money or possessions, health or spiritual peace of mind. The maze is where you look for what you want, perhaps the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. The problem is that the cheese keeps moving.In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change in their search for the cheese. One of them eventually deals with change successfully and writes what he has learned on the maze walls for you to discover. You'll learn how to anticipate, adapt to and enjoy change and be ready to change quickly whenever you need to.Discover the secret of the writing on the wall for yourself and enjoy less stress and more success in your work and life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights will last a lifetime.Spencer Johnson, MD, is one of the world's leading authors of inspirational writing. He has written many New York Times bestsellers, including the worldwide phenomenon Who Moved My Cheese? and, with Kenneth Blanchard, The One Minute Manager. His works have become cultural touchstones and are available in 40 languages. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.

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With Who Moved My Cheese? Dr. Spencer Johnson realizes the need for finding the language and tools to deal with change--an issue that makes all of us nervous and uncomfortable. Most people are fearful of change because they don't believe they have any control over how or when it happens to them. Since change happens either to the individual or by the individual, Spencer Johnson shows us that what matters most is the attitude we have about change. When the Y2K panic gripped the corporate realm before the new millenium, most work environments finally recognized the urgent need to get their computers and other business systems up to speed and able to deal with unprecedented change. And businesses realized that this was not enough: they needed to help people get ready, too. Spencer Johnson has created his new book to do just that. The coauthor of the multimillion bestseller The One Minute Manager has written a deceptively simple story with a dramatically important message that can radically alter the way we cope with change. Who Moved My Cheese? allows for common themes to become topics for discussion and individual interpretation. Who Moved My Cheese? takes the fear and anxiety out of managing the future and shows people a simple way to successfully deal with the changing times, providing them with a method for moving ahead with their work and lives safely and effectively.

Reviews

On Feb 19 2007, Fict said:

In a previous job, we were required to watch an insipid cartoon based on this book as part of an orientation. Its difficult to express how entirely demoralizing the implication is that you are merely a mouse trapped in a maze, for whom the sole goal in life is "cheese." Gives new meaning to the phrase "rat race." One person nearly lost their job on the spot for standing up in the Q&A session afterwards, and asking, "What if I don't like cheese? What if I like salad instead?"

On Feb 19 2007, Dragonopolis said:

I found the book too basic. Life is not that simple. Often times life provides you the opportunity to make your own cheese rather than searching for crumbs or the rare Cheese Station(Dream Job or that perfect business Deal).

I also didn't like the fact that the book hinted on dumping people who are set in their ways. There is a need for people who can change quickly but there is also a need for people who are set in stone. Some of the hardest working people tend to be people who put themselves into a set groove. The book, in my opinion, stereotyped inflexible people as ignorant, lazy, selfish people which is not always true. Sometimes work environments try to change constantly but shouldn't and people who like change can often make huge mistakes by changing when the situation did not call for it.

I believe that management should balance their workforce with the best of all types and not make quick judgments based on how flexible a person is. If some employee under your management is inflexible but a hard worker, smart, and reliable - give them some time to change. As long as they do not hinder your work flow, finding good employees are hard to come by - regardless of their ability to change quickly or not.

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Bookseller: h:strom - Text & Kultur AB / Antikvariat & Bokhandel (SE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIB-142692233
Title: Who moved my cheese?
Author: Johnson, Spencer
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0091816971
ISBN 13: 9780091816971
Publisher: Vermilion
Place of Publication: London
This edition first published: March 4, 1999

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