I have never watched the Office, either the British or American version. This book review seems to save me the trouble of understanding what might be useful in it.
Good books on organizations are hard to come by. Really hard. As an orgs scholar, I see lots and lots of soft mush out there; you know, empty calories and slogans about “change this” or “lead that.” Who needs a theory or actual research when a Steve Jobs story will do just fine? See, it’s easy: Apple did this, Steve Jobs was like that and just give everyone 20% free time and be like Google. Yada, yada, yada.
Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan’s new book The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office is a welcome antidote to the hogwash that crowds the business bestseller lists. Their book is an engaging, but theoretically- and empirically-grounded, book about orgs.
Organizations are complex systems that pervade our everyday behavior and interactions, but it is striking to me how illiterate we are about organizations. Organizations are everywhere, they color everything we do…
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