Bookshelf: Business Books for the Executive's Nightstand

By Kirk Shinkle

Posted: August 7, 2008

The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management
—By Art Kleiner (Jossey-Bass)
"Management history" is rarely a summer beach read, but Kleiner's review of the rebels who reshaped corporate culture in the past half century still holds value, weaving together varied contributions from the likes of community organizer Saul Alinsky and theorist Chris Argyris.

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