{"product_id":"the-age-of-heretics-9780470190708","title":"The Age of Heretics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for The Age of Heretics  \"A remarkable job of showing how revolutionary change in management originated. These are no mere 'currents of change,' but rather a thundering waterfall of intellectual and moral forces reshaping business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An inspiring and enlightening reading for any business person who fears their ideas may face initial rejection.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Midwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2008)  \u003cp\u003eVoted a \"Best Business Book of 2008\" by the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Warren Bennis.  \u003cp\u003ePreface by Steven Wheeler and Walter McFarland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Reader.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Monastics: Corporate Culture and Its Discontents, 1945 to Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Pelagians: National Training Laboratories, 1947–1962.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reformists: Workplace Redesign at Procter \u0026amp; Gamble and the Gaines Dog Food Plant in Topeka, 1961–1973.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Protesters: Saul Alinsky, FIGHTON, Campaign GM, and the Shareholder Activism Movement, 1964–1971.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Mystics: Royal Dutch\/Shell’s Scenario Planners, 1967–1973.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Lovers of Faith and Reason: Heretical Engineers at Stanford Research Institute and MIT, 1955–1971.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Parzival’s Dilemma: Edie Seashore, Chris Argyris, and Warren Bennis, 1959–1979.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Millenarians: Erewhon, the SRI Futures Group, Herman Kahn, Royal Dutch\/Shell, and Amory Lovins, 1968–1979.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Rapids: Hayes and Abernathy, Tom Peters, W. Edwards Deming, the Creators of GE Work-Out, and Other Synthesizers of Management Change, 1974–1982.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402302955863,"sku":"9780470190708","price":19.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-age-of-heretics-9780470190708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}