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Told through the fresh, sharp eyes of new organizational recruits, these sometimes comic, often traumatic, but always vivid and revealing accounts of organizations have much to say to learners and old hands alike. Grouped in sections on `images', `winning and losing' and `survival and injuries', the narratives encompass a wide gamut of themes and issue. These include: power and politics in organizations; organizational cultures and change; gender and discrimination; appearances and realities; leaders and followers; and emotion, motivation and stress. The authors also focus on the coldly competitive features of businesses where processes such as restructuring, rationalization and downsizing are increasingly commonplace. Thro
Winning and Losing
‘Winning is not everything!’ used to be a cornerstone of liberal education. Games were for fun, for building character, for learning to respect the rules and the verdict of the referee. The view that games are about participation, about doing your best, and showing magnanimity in victory and grace in defeat seems rather old-fashioned today. Occasionally, gallant losers in sport may still attract some admiration or sympathy. In today's ‘executive success game’, however, only victory counts. This is a message to which student trainees become quickly attuned.
Competition has always been at the heart of capitalism - competition for customers, for profits, for innovation and for products. As companies struggle for survival, they have always sought to outgrow and outperform their ...
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