Requisite Organization: a Total System for Effective Management - Hardcover

Jaques, Elliott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886436037 ISBN 13: 9781886436039

Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

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Review

'although its style and presentation are simple, the range of concepts is very great ... includes a range of stimulating and valuable thoughts about delegation' Personnel Management 'This book is required reading for CEOs or anyone responsible for designing and leading an organization. Requisite Organization is Elliott Jaques at his best. His ideas about organizations and people are down to earth and practical. We are using them.' A F Smith, President and Chairman, Gilbert Associates, Inc 'Elliott Jaques' concepts are more relevant today than ever before.' David Stroll, IT Marketing Manager - Services Industries in Europe, Digital Equipment Corporation 'It is one of the most creative, interesting, mind boggling, comprehensive works on organization I have ever read.' Dr Jerry Harvey, Professor of Organization and industrial Psychology - The George Washington University 'Every page overflows with principles to guide the reader's thinking and practical suggestions for implementation.' Trident (Merseyside Chamber of Commerce magazine) 'A remarkable book that should be read by anyone seriously interested in understanding what makes organizations work.' Long Range Planning

About the Author

Elliott Jaques' academic posts include Visiting Research Professor in Management Science at The George Washington University and Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Brunel University in England. A trained psychoanalyst, and business organization guru, he has continuously combined work with organizations and with individuals - in industry, commerce, public service, education, the Church of England and the US Army. He is the author of 18 books, including Human Capability with Kathryn Cason, also published by Gower. In The Changing Culture of a Factory (1951), Dr Jaques introduced the concept of business culture and its affect on the work environment. He is recognized for creating the concept of mid-life crisis, in his 1965 scholarly paper, 'Death and the Mid-Life Crisis'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1886436037
• ISBN 13: 9781886436039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 12