If My Boss Calls...Get His Name: A Big Business Adventure - Couverture rigide

Shaff, Jerry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1574160184 ISBN 13 : 9781574160185

Editeur : Clear Light Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

Thrown suddenly into the surreal world of American business, Professor Ray Pendleton must try to make sense out of chaos -- if he is to survive. Nothing he experienced in his classroom at the Harvard Business School prepares Ray for the quicksand politics, Alice-in-Wonderland logic, and Machiavellian treacheries that confront him as a newly minted executive of Amsaco, the automotive parts manufacturer that has lured him away from his serene academic existence.In this absorbing story of innocence and experience, writer Jerry Shaft places his sympathetic hero in a situation at once comical and dangerous. Ray finds himself hurled from pillar to post and passed from one ill-fated boss to another. He attempts to navigate a minefield of unspoken rules and traps -- possibly set by his superiors. His best ideas are ignored, yet he's rewarded by rapid, capricious promotions that are unrelated to his actual accomplishment. As his salary goes up and the hours grow ever longer, the seductive perks increase. The company yacht, jet, and expense account begin to seem like necessities -- but Ray finds he's paying a steep price in his personal life. His lonely wife is considering leaving, he's out of touch with his children, and he finds that he may have to choose between self-respect and his job. Meanwhile, ominously, a corporate enemy is accumulating chips, one by one.Set during the critical period in the 1970s when corporate consolidation and no-holds-barred competition began to change the way our nation did business, If My Boss Calls ... Get His Name is both an indelible portrait of corporate culture gone haywire and the story of one man's rueful journey toward wisdom. Jerry Shaff's acuteperceptions and long experience of corporate life give him a sharp-eyed insider's view of the drama and absurdity of the American business world. An eye-opener for the uninitiated, this book will be an enjoyable read for veterans of big business and an informative cautionary tale for anyone hopi

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clear Light Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1574160184
• ISBN 13: 9781574160185
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 385
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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