false <![CDATA[Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177386620m/699828.jpg 699828 6 Stanley Bing's <I>Throwing the Elephant</I>, subtitled <I>Zen and the Art of Managing Up</I>, is a wise and hilarious--mostly hilarious--antidote to the extensive library of works by grim, clenched-fisted business gurus. Bing posits that power strategies cannot be "managed through rational means." Real success--corporate-niche enlightenment--comes only by embracing religion, specifically Zen Buddhism. This enables one to take "an object of enormous weight and size" (i.e. the elephantine boss) and "mold it ... like a ball of Silly Putty." In truth, he continues, senior management is "the silliest putty of them all." Bing doles out his thoughts in dozens of pithy chapters ("Playing Golf with the Elephant," "Getting Drunk with the Elephant"). He also includes many visual aids (some of which nearly make sense) and adds a sprinkling of the wisdom of others--from Martha Stewart and Jimmy Hoffa to the rock band the Doors--to make his wickedly entertaining points. <I>--H. O'Billovitch</I> 686139 2002 Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up total:45|5:11|4:16|3:12|2:3|1:3| 45 164 80 13 699828 0060934220 9780060934224 36 8 Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177386620m/699828.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/699828.Throwing_the_Elephant_Zen_and_the_Art_of_Managing_Up 1 1 false Mon Sep 24 21:00:50 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 21:02:26 -0700 2007 699828 0060934220 9780060934224 36 8 Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177386620m/699828.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/699828.Throwing_the_Elephant_Zen_and_the_Art_of_Managing_Up 4 0 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 14:19:04 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 14:29:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 699828 0060934220 9780060934224 36 8 Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177386620m/699828.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/699828.Throwing_the_Elephant_Zen_and_the_Art_of_Managing_Up 5 0 false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:40:28 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 07:42:06 -0700 2009 699828 0060934220 9780060934224 36 8 Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up 3.64 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177386620m/699828.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/699828.Throwing_the_Elephant_Zen_and_the_Art_of_Managing_Up 5 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 29 05:52:56 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 15 20:13:03 -0700 2007
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