ZENOBIA季诺碧亚
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作者： Matthew Emmens 著
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出版时间： 2008-1-1字数：版次： 1页数： 98印刷时间： 2008/01/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9781576754788包装： 精装内容简介
Starred Review. A business fable in the tradition of Who Moved My Cheese?, but more closely akin to Alice in Wonderland, this work from pharmaceuticals CEO Emmens and poet-novelist-journalist Kephart (Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River) concerns a topsy-turvy organization which should prove oddly familiar for anyone who's worked in a corporate environment. Our heroine, Moira, is a newcomer to the once-respected Zenobia company, now in physical and psychological disrepair. Without signs or helpers, Moira must navigate the bizarre office layout ("countless drab-green cubicles, like so many Brussels sprouts attached to a stalk"), overcome the entrenched mindset ("We excel at the familiar") and find the elusive Room 133A, where she's been summoned to help the flagging enterprise. Emphasizing the power of imagination, innovation, people and possibility, Emmens and Kephart's tale of against-the-system heroism illustrates well the intangible human resources that business-as-usual can squelch. Though it may initially strike serious-minded readers silly, this tale makes an enchanting and worthwhile trip into the rabbit hole of nonsensical corporate culture, drawing out plenty of X-ray insight into the modern workplace. Whimsical line drawings from Sulit complete what could be the most enjoyable, readable business book in recent memory.
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目录
PREFACE
1MAKE OF THE UNKNOWN AN ADVENTURE
2TAKE CARE, LEST YOUR SUCCESS LEADTO RUIN
3CONCEIVE A PLAN; PURSUE IT
4CELEBRATE DIFFERENCES, OR WATCHTHEM BREED DISTRUST
5PREPARE FOR RIDICULE
6KNOW THE WORLD WILL CHANGE,DESPITE OR BECAUSE OF YOU
7LOOK FOR WHAT COULD BE, NOT JUSTWHAT IS
8STEP BEYOND YOUR WALLS TO FINDYOUR WAY
9LISTEN WELL
10YIELD NOTHING TO THOSE WHO CAN'TSEE PAST THEMSELVES
11SEEK THE UNLIKELY ALLIANCE
12 EMBRACE THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW
13INVENT YOUR OWN FUTURE
14HONOR THE IMAGINATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND THE ILLUSTRATO
