Rick Wartzman
Autor von The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire
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The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire (2003) 186 Exemplare
Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath (2008) 178 Exemplare
What Would Drucker Do Now?: Solutions to Today’s Toughest Challenges from the Father of Modern Management (2011) 12 Exemplare
Still Broke: Walmart's Remarkable Transformation and the Limits of Socially Conscious Capitalism (2022) 9 Exemplare
Drucker em 33 lições 1 Exemplar
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Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of… von Rick Wartzman
The Grapes of Wrath is one of my all time favorite books and judging by the blurb on the back of Wartaman's book I was expecting to be reading an in debt examination of Steinbeck's writing of The Grapes of Wrath, focusing on the literary merit of the novel. Turns out though, that I wound up reading more of an historical examination of politics, economics, and labor movements during 1930ies California. The work itself, is well done, unfortunately it's just not what I was expecting or hoping for.
This book is an easily read series of 3 page articles from a Bloomberg business column. So the book is in nice small manageable chunks. They end with the date it was published, which gives me another perspective on the current events going on when it was written. It has caused me to have a more favorable opinion of Obama since quite a few of the articles concerned his doings.
Drucker like to ask questions. "If you're not a direct competitor, companies love to tell you how successful they are and how they do it." (Page 11)
It motivated me to start reading Middlemarch, from 1871 because the book hinted that Drucker read it (and other books) every summer. "I am rereading each summer – and have for many years – the main novelist," among them Austen, Thackeray, and George Elliot. I never read management books all they do is corrupt style.” (Page 21)
“Another attribute of Drucker … was the way he would ‘look beyond the corporate world’ to art, sociology, history, theology, literature … to help shape his views. ‘He was a master at synthesis,’” (Page 23-24)
“The news this month that women now outnumber men on the nation’s payrolls, … that held 50.3 percent of the nation’s nonfarm payroll jobs." (January 2010). (Page 160) Finding this intriguing, I checked the current numbers. I found 49.3% for Feb & Mar 2012 at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t21.htm. That so many positions once dominated by males have lost that status is a dramatic demographic change that is unsettling because of the video game lethargy overcoming so many of the young men. The women are taking up the slack and doing a fantastic job of it. But what about all those indolent males?
“’There is mounting evidence that government is big rather than strong; that it is fat and flabby rather than powerful; that it costs a great deal, but does not achieve much’” (1966, Page 229)
And on the need for avoiding too much clutter; a too dense schedule:
“’The Japanese paintings are dominated by empty space.’” (Page 261)… (mehr)
Drucker like to ask questions. "If you're not a direct competitor, companies love to tell you how successful they are and how they do it." (Page 11)
It motivated me to start reading Middlemarch, from 1871 because the book hinted that Drucker read it (and other books) every summer. "I am rereading each summer – and have for many years – the main novelist," among them Austen, Thackeray, and George Elliot. I never read management books all they do is corrupt style.” (Page 21)
“Another attribute of Drucker … was the way he would ‘look beyond the corporate world’ to art, sociology, history, theology, literature … to help shape his views. ‘He was a master at synthesis,’” (Page 23-24)
“The news this month that women now outnumber men on the nation’s payrolls, … that held 50.3 percent of the nation’s nonfarm payroll jobs." (January 2010). (Page 160) Finding this intriguing, I checked the current numbers. I found 49.3% for Feb & Mar 2012 at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t21.htm. That so many positions once dominated by males have lost that status is a dramatic demographic change that is unsettling because of the video game lethargy overcoming so many of the young men. The women are taking up the slack and doing a fantastic job of it. But what about all those indolent males?
“’There is mounting evidence that government is big rather than strong; that it is fat and flabby rather than powerful; that it costs a great deal, but does not achieve much’” (1966, Page 229)
And on the need for avoiding too much clutter; a too dense schedule:
“’The Japanese paintings are dominated by empty space.’” (Page 261)… (mehr)
The book's focus is on how General Motors, General Electric, Kodak and Coca Cola handled employee relations and hiring from the 1920's to today. What interests me were the stories of the impact on employees, particularly with those of long tenure, when the company let them go. (e.g. An IBM employee received a termination letter describing him as a "surplus employee.") There is also an eye opening chapter on how Walmart treats their employees. (To be charitable it can be described as poorly and cheaply.)
This is a well researched book and should be required reading for those college students studying business or those interested in a career in management.… (mehr)
This is a well researched book and should be required reading for those college students studying business or those interested in a career in management.… (mehr)
I'm so impressed by it's treatment of 'welfare capitalism' that I'm ordering the print book so as to be able to pay more attention. He calls the modern corporate focus solely on investor benefits, to the detriment of employee benefits, a perversion.
Wartzman begins by examining The Committee for Economic Development (CED) established during World War II to consider a healthy transition back to a civilian economy. He particularly examined the corporate philosophies of Eastman Kodak, GM, GE, and Coca Cola. These leaders recognized the importance of sharing company gains with their workforce.
He calls for a re-examination and re-alignment in today's boardrooms.… (mehr)
Wartzman begins by examining The Committee for Economic Development (CED) established during World War II to consider a healthy transition back to a civilian economy. He particularly examined the corporate philosophies of Eastman Kodak, GM, GE, and Coca Cola. These leaders recognized the importance of sharing company gains with their workforce.
He calls for a re-examination and re-alignment in today's boardrooms.… (mehr)
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