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The Underlying Logic of the Office
Twelve
January 2013
On Sale: January 8, 2013
321 pages
ISBN: 0446571598
EAN: 9780446571593
Kindle: B007ZG30JK
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Non-Fiction
In THE ORG, Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan explain the
tradeoffs that every organization faces, arguing that this
everyday dysfunction is actually inherent to the very nature
of orgs. THE ORG diagnoses the root causes of that
malfunction, beginning with the economic logic of why
organizations exist in the first place, then working its way
up through the org's structure from the lowly cubicle to the
CEO's office.
Woven throughout with
fascinating case studies-including McDonald's, al Qaeda, the
Baltimore City Police Department, Procter and Gamble, the
island nation of Samoa, and Google-THE ORG reveals why the
give-and-take nature of organizations, while infuriating,
nonetheless provides the best way to get the job
done.
You'll learn: - The
purpose of meetings and why they will never go
away
- Why even members of al Qaeda are required to
submit Travel & Expense reports
- What managers
are good for
- How the army and other orgs balance
marching in lockstep with fostering innovation
- Why
it's the hospital administration-not the heart surgeon-who
is more likely to save your life
- That CEOs often
spend over 80% of their time in meetings-and why that's
exactly where they should be (and why they get paid so
much)
Looking at life behind the red
tape, THE ORG shows why the path from workshop to corporate
behemoth is pockmarked with tradeoffs and competing
incentives, but above all, demonstrates why organizations
are central to human achievement.
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