Who Really Matters: The Core Theory of Power, Privilege and Success

Kleiner, Art

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385484488 ISBN 13: 9780385484480

Publisher: Doubleday, 2003

Argues that a "core group" of business executives are the ones who determine the behavior of a company, not the shareholders, and that the primary purpose of these organizations is to provide wealth for senior executives and their descendants.

Review:

"Seminal idea, brilliantly presented, and wonderfully useful." -- Warren G. Bennis, author of Geeks and Geezers

About the Author:

ART KLEINER is the director of research and reflection at Dialogos, a consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts; a faculty member at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program; and the “Culture & Change” columnist for Strategy + Business magazine. He is also the editorial director of the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook series and a longstanding writer on the human impact of management and technology. He lives outside New York City.