Invisible Powers: The Language of Business

By John J. Clancy

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging and original book, John J. Clancy examines the history and current state of corporate America from a new perspective, looking at business not as a matter of economics, marketing, and management, but as a cultural artifact. The Invisible Powers examines language, imagery, values, and deeply held beliefs and the impact they all have in determining the role business plays in society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739100734
• ISBN13: 9780739100738
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Phenomenal

I read this book 6 years ago and can still outline his major points for you at a party, as I've done several times. Absolutlely phenomenal insight into what drives different organizations. His methodology of analyzing CEO speeches to identify the metaphors that define the rules and systems governing different organizations is insightful and to be replicated as a methodology, apart from the insights discovered from the analysis.