2.0 von 5 Sternen
I owe my soul to the company store, 20. Juni 2000
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Corporate Cults: The Insidious Lure of the All- Consuming Organization (Gebundene Ausgabe)
What if the organization that you worked for found a way to provide you with all of your human needs, including your meals, social companionship, growth, and even personal meaning? Before you sign up, you might want to heed Dave Arnott's warning that you could be walking into a cult.
I found Arnott's treatment of corporate life to be somewhat biased by his thesis that organizations, particularly those labeled as "great places to work," operate like intentionally manipulative cults. The book takes a number of organizational innovations, such as wellness centers and other on-site conveniences designed to make life easier for employees, and spins them into an evil spider's web designed to trap employees into the organizational version of a cult.
While the book provides a very thorough description of the major elements of a cult and how these elements exist to some degree in a number of organizations, it downplays the need for organizations to offer incentives, such as providing on-site day care, wellness centers and dining facilities, in order to attract and retain highly talented employees.
In the end, however, the book does challenge the reader to question the potential downside of organizations who provide such lavish incentives to keep people on their payrolls. Is there a danger that organizations could go too far in their competition for the best and brightest employees?
In an age where organizations are examining ways to tap into the more emotional and spiritual sides of employees, it is a question worth pondering...
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5.0 von 5 Sternen
Wow--a much-needed wakeup call to many of us., 16. November 1999
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: Corporate Cults: The Insidious Lure of the All- Consuming Organization (Gebundene Ausgabe)
Some eye-opening insights into corporate life in the late 20th Century, and fascinating reading whether you're in a corporate cult or not. I loved the Cult Test. Are you sure you're not working for a corporate cult? This test will tell you.
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2.0 von 5 Sternen
Thought-provoking concept, poorly executed, 3. November 1999
Von Ein Kunde
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Corporate Cults: The Insidious Lure of the All- Consuming Organization (Gebundene Ausgabe)
Although Arnott creates a striking comparison between cults and major corporations, it seems that he is trying to spin corporate life to fit his thesis -- like fitting square pegs in round holes. There is a certain defensive tone to his writing that I find oddly childish, given his credentials.
I discovered several factual errors in the book, and I think his visits to the companies he mentions and the employee interviews he conducted were more "whistle-stops" than fact-finding missions. (I feel sorry for the Southwest Airlines employee he dismissed after using the word "we" -- isn't it possible she was talking about her family and not her workplace?) And to cite USAA as an example of "separation from community" is laughable. Anyone in this city knows that USAA is an integral part of the community, not an ivory tower.
Too bad -- with better research, this book could've provided a interesting counterpoint to all the books about excellence in the workplace.
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