The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]

Quinn, Robert E; Thakor, Anjan V

ISBN 10: 0369373049 / ISBN 13: 9780369373045

Published by ReadHowYouWant, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0369373049
• ISBN 13: 9780369373045
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Two distinguished scholars offer eight steps to help organizations discover and embrace an authentic higher purpose-something that will dramatically improve every aspect of any enterprise, including the bottom line. What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant, so they create systems of control to combat these expectations. Workers resent these systems, and performance suffers. To address the performance issues, managers double down on the coercion, creating a vicious cycle and a self-fulfilling prophecy.