Scenes from Corporate

by Earl Shorris

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140072772
• ISBN13: 9780140072778
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The more they stay the same

The more the world changes I find that certain institutions stay the same. Corporate America has changed very little in its fundamental operational perspective when viewed from the outside. Out of print or not, this is good reading and gives insight to a unique perspective into a world unto itself.

Powerful view of corporate life

An evocative description of what it's really like to work in a large, mainstream, post-war Corporation: The hidden heartbreaks and quiet agonies, mostly, though it also shows some of the positive side. This is all done through powerful stories of corporate people... like a more profound Stanley Bing. Like the previous reviewer, I too keep referring people to it, even though it's out of print. I also found it very inspiring when I wrote my history of the undertow of mainstream corporations, The Age of Heretics.

The most insightful book ever written on corporate America!

As a Professor of Management and a life-long "student" of corporations, I find this book engaging, insightful and challenging. Shorris draws widely on sociology, philosophy, history and political science (among others) to peel back the thick, protective veneer that hides the "real" workings of corporate America in the last 3o years of the century. It is not a pretty picture but one filled with hope and optimism because of the indefatigable nature of the human spirit. Despite being out of print, it has become the mainstay of my organizational behavior course because it prepares students for what to expect when they join corporate America.