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Charles B. Handy

Autor(a) de The Age of Unreason

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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 mais 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 por Charles B. Handy

The Age of Unreason (1989) — Autor — 398 exemplares
The Hungry Spirit (1997) 239 exemplares
The Elephant and the Flea (2001) 154 exemplares
The Age of Paradox (1994) 129 exemplares
The New Alchemists (1999) 58 exemplares
The New Philanthropists (2006) 24 exemplares
The Search for Meaning (1996) 8 exemplares
La organización por dentro (2006) 3 exemplares
Era da Transformação, A (2010) 2 exemplares
Tempos de Mudanças (1996) 2 exemplares
Thoughts For The Day (1999) 2 exemplares
Além do Capitalismo (1999) 2 exemplares
Ruhun Arayisi (2000) 1 exemplar
Making Managers (1988) 1 exemplar
Ohne Gewähr (1999) 1 exemplar
Chaotische tijden (1993) 1 exemplar
Elefante E A Pulga, O (2003) 1 exemplar

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First half was great, second half not so great.
 
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Jeffrey_G | 2 outras críticas | Nov 22, 2022 |
This book by Charles Handy is delightful. While there is much that we should all know - and do - we forget most of the simple lessons life offers.

Charles Handy wrote 21 letters (I assume to his grandchildren) which serve as a useful template for anyone starting in life. He wrote the letters in a charming, humble, almost self-deprecatory manner and they are a pleasure to read.

They are excellent lessons for young people, and are useful reminders for many of us who have strayed from the path.… (mais)
 
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RajivC | Aug 17, 2022 |
I have just re-read this book 20 years after the first time and enjoyed it immensely. It is about change and how we have to survive in business and life generally by embracing change. The strange thing is there is no mention of the internet as it was something not envisaged in 1988 when the book was written. Charles Handy has written some excellent business books but this is the best.
 
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jimrbrown | 1 outra crítica | May 25, 2010 |
This book is not new having been written nearly fifteen years ago. However the recent events in the financial markets reveal that its message remains remarkably relevant.

Handy begins by discussing how economic progress has been won at a high cost. The claimed increase in freedom and choice have meant less equality and more misery if not for the wealthy few, for the rest of society. One of many paradoxes that Handy explores. I particularly enjoyed his thoughts on how paying for jobs to be done, often destroys the jobs. His argument being that many worthwhile and valuable jobs simply become uneconomical once they are paid for, and thus disappear. It’s certainly my belief that the willingness of someone to pay for something is a very poor measure of whether something is worth doing. Think of the care you lavish on your children or time spent on hobbies.

The title comes from his plea that people should not be reduced to being empty raincoats.
“We were not destined to be empty raincoats, nameless numbers on a payroll, role occupants, the raw material of economics or sociology, statistics in some government report",
"If that is to be its price, then economic progress is an empty promise." Handy believes that it is every individual’s challenge to fill their empty raincoat. to make meaning in their life.

Handy argues that life is full of paradox and things simply can’t be predicted or understood. The challenge of life is to manage paradox, not to accumulate possessions.
He argues that wealth should not be measured in property and land, but in terms of knowledge.

"The means of production" in the future will be owned by the workers because it will be based on their intelligence and know how - a difficult thing to gauge in financial terms alone.

Handy makes the analogy that where in the past an organisation was like a castle, it will become more like a condominium: "an association of temporary residents gathered together for their mutual convenience".

It seems to me that the messages of this book provide a reminder that the world is rapidly changing and that our understanding of change must also change.

"Like dogs, if we are well fed we are content. However, contentment and complacency have no place in a world where inequality and despair are rife. Success and vision can no longer be about our individual "empty raincoat" struggle for profit and material gain. If we do not help each other then we most certainly cannot help ourselves.”

Charles Handy has worked as an oil executive, an economist and a professor.
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Steve55 | Jan 18, 2009 |

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