Charles B. Handy
Autor de The Age of Unreason
Sobre El Autor
Charles Handy was born in Kildare, Ireland, in 1932, and was for many years a professor at the London Business School. From 1977 to 1981, Handy served as warden of the St. George's House in Windsor Castle, a private conference and study center concerned with ethics and values in society. He is now mostrar más an independent writer and broadcaster who describes himself, these days, as a social philosopher. Other books by Handy include Waiting for the Mountain to Move, Beyond Certainty, and The Hungry Spirit. mostrar menos
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Obras de Charles B. Handy
Understanding Voluntary Organizations: How to Make Them Function Effectively (Penguin business) (1988) 52 copias
La organización, por dentro : por qué las personas y las organizaciones se comportan como lo hacen (1995) 6 copias
Im Bauch der Organisation : 20 Einsichten fu r Manager und alle anderen, die etwas bewegen wollen (1993) 5 copias
El espíritu hambriento más allá del capitalismo : en busca de propósito en el mundo moderno (1998) 1 copia
O Espírito Faminto Livro 1 1 copia
Como compreender as organizações 1 copia
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The sigmoid curve is a big proponent of this book. An S-shaped curve that can explain a multitude of historical and life events. During the rise on the curve, business and people need to look out for opportunities to change. This is hard to do because on the rise, what seems to be the best thing to do is to do what is working. Those who do not seek out opportunities to change, usually lose their success and have a hard time changing when they need to change to survive. Challenging assumptions which have worked before facilitates producing alternatives which can be used to cope with contradiction when they are arise. The initial actions cannot be abandoned early as it is the success of those actions which will provide the needed resources for the search in potential alternatives.
Another major lesson that Handy has to offer is about leadership, such as knowing when to compromise. Sticking to principles may result in reducing the efficacy of the very same principles. Knowing what to measure, or even better, knowing that what is measured is not the sole priority. A federalist organizational structure is promoted in this book as it enables local decisions to impact the whole institution. Trust in each member is needed as power resides with those who take actions.
There are a few problems with the book which are: 1) Paradox is not necessarily what the many examples are. Some are genuine contradictions which contain interesting philosophical conundrums, but generally they are all based on context and social structure rather than being dissonant. The examples are nonetheless extremely important distribution problems. 2) The book is trying to provide general life lessons but most of the examples are business examples. Having business behave in favor of society and their consumers rather than short term profit objectives is a marvelous goal, but the book needs to expand its concepts. There are non-business examples, but they are a minority. 3) The examples are themselves an example of survivorship bias. Taking different options is generally costly, which requires an already succeeding business. Only business that have money can take a risk, while a risk to those who are struggling may not be prudent. 4) Although the author claimed to have been vindictive in certainties and in this book was trying not to be, he did not go far enough. Different culture, which ironically he references and is supportive of, have different ways of resolving paradoxes. Handy’s guide to managing paradox may work in some cultures, but not others.
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