How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife: And Other Meditations on Management (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)

Jerry B. Harvey

ISBN 10: 0787947873 / ISBN 13: 9780787947873

Published by John Wiley & Sons 1999-07-20, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back My Fingerprints Are on the Knife: And Other Meditations on Management (Jossey-Bass Business & Management)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 1999-07-20
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787947873
• ISBN 13: 9780787947873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The role we each play in our own downfalls create the profound--and profoundly entertaining--basis for this series of linked "meditations" as the author of The Abilene Paradox takes another irreverent look at the nature of life on the job. In this work, Harvey explores the ethical, moral, and spiritual dilemmas we all face in the modern world of work. But he does it in a most unconventional way. His is an approach that mixes equal parts humor, philosophy, and insight to make us laugh, think, and examine organizational behavior in a brand new light. The twelve essays themselves carry such spirited titles as "What If I Really Believe this Stuff," "On Tooting Your Own Horn," and "Ode to Waco." Altogether, it's an enthralling collection of wise and witty parables that illustrate the redemptive value of the truth in a voice that is ultimately understanding of human shortcomings.

About the Author

JERRY B. HARVEY,well-known author of The Abilene Paradox and Other Meditations on Management, is a professor of management science at The George Washington University. He has consulted with business, government, various healthcare services, and the nonprofit sector and has published many articles in the fields of organizational behavior and education.