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Lyons, Daniel, 1960-
Corporate culture.
Work environment.
Organizational behavior.
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Lab rats : how Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us / Dan Lyons.
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Lyons, Daniel, 1960-
Hachette Books, 2018.
Call #:
658
.3
L991L
Subjects
Corporate culture.
Work environment.
Organizational behavior.
ISBN:
9780316561860 (hc.)
Alternate title:
How Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
Contents:
Welcome to your new job -- Introduction: Make a duck -- Misery in the maze. Unhappy in paradise ; The new oligarchs ; A very brief history of management science (and why you shouldn't trust it) ; Who's afraid of Silicon Valley -- Four factors of workplace despair. Building the workforce of the future (or: Sorry, you're old and we'd like you to leave) ; Money: "Garbage at the speed of light" ; Insecurity: "We're a team, not a family" ; Change: "What happens if you live inside a hurricane that never ends?" ; Dehumanization: "Think of yourself as a machine within a machine" -- The no-shit-Sherlock school of management. The battle for the soul of work ; Basecamp: back to basics ; Managed by Q: "Everybody cleans" ; Kapor capital: conscious capitalists ; The social enterprise movement -- Epilogue: Can zebras fix what unicorns have broken?
Summary:
Examines how the ideas of Silicon Valley and its "new oligarchs" have changed work culture, making employees subject to constant change, dehumanizing technologies, and even health risks, and discusses how to restore the social contract between employers and employees.
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