A bold examination of the social and psychological dilemmas we face in the postmodern organization. Hirschhorn has a wonderful way of grounding theory in insightful and provocative vignettes. Organizational consultants and aware managers will find this book a must-read. -- John Seely Brown, Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation; Director, Xerox PARC In Reworking Authority, Larry Hirschhorn continues and goes beyond his important contribution in understanding and managing organizations. By skillful integration of psychodynamics, strategy, economics of the firm, and important cultural patterns, he develops new concepts related to leadership and followership in the postmodern organization. -- Chris Argyris, James Bryan Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University In Reworking Authority, Larry Hirschhorn incisively describes the changing dynamics and difficulties of contemporary organizations. His approach to consulting with troubled groups, addressing the needs and fears of personnel at all levels in the hierarchy, is sensitive and sophisticated. This book will fascinate and inform anyone with an interest in the way organizations, or the people who work in them, function in our postmodern age. -- Jay Greenberg, Editor, Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Larry Hirschhorn is principal and senior research manager at the Wharton Center for Applied Research.
... unusually eloquent in relating the trends of
contemporarypopular culture to the structure of authority in
working groups.
*Minneapolis Star Tribune*
... unusually eloquent in relating the trends of contemporarypopular culture to the structure of authority in working groups.
* Minneapolis Star Tribune * |
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