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Big organizations are unhealthy environments for human beings
This essay is something of a confessional, a personal piece that has emerged from a recent near-epiphany. It hit me one day - for no obvious reason - that I have never been fond of large organizations (though some - by no means all - small organizations are quite lovable). Like many colleagues, I have researched big American and overseas organizations, consulted with them, tried to help humanize them, conducted courses and seminars for their people, taught here and abroad in business schools that prepared students to participate in them, and focused my professional life around them. Despite liking - indeed often bonding with - many of the people of big organizations, I now realize that I have long felt rather distanced from the institutions themselves, implicitly viewing them as unhealthy places for us humans, as flawed, erosive, imprisoning. I should add that - though now conscious of that standoffish posture - I do not plan to abandon it. While this is written from an American perspective, I believe that big organizations everywhere, today as well as yesterday, are psychologically unhealthy environments. I also suspect that my semiconscious negativity is shared by many others in the community of organizational social scientists, consultants, and executives, and that it has influenced my and our teaching and research in ways of which I haven't been fully aware.Printed Journal
Ketersediaan
| Call Number | Location | Available |
|---|---|---|
| PSB lt.dasar - Pascasarjana | 1 |
| Penerbit | : Academy of Management |
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| Edisi | - |
| Subjek | Organizational behavior Employee development Work environment Correlation analysis studies Size of enterprise |
| ISBN/ISSN | 1537260X |
| Klasifikasi | - |
| Deskripsi Fisik | - |
| Info Detail Spesifik | - |
| Other Version/Related | Tidak tersedia versi lain |
| Lampiran Berkas | Tidak Ada Data |