Description
From the Dust Jacket
How much are men the captives of the corporations they work for? How much do corporations encourage this captivity through conformity and pressure? To what extent is this enormous and significant social instrument — the modern corporation — being brought under control? Man Incorporate asks — and answers — these provocative questions by insisting that the mechanism of business is inextricably bound to its morality; that creative labor demands obligation as well as effort; that work, in short, is unsatisfactory without an “ethic of work.” Tracing the history of the modern corporation back to its earliest origins, Mr. Kaufmann understands that what activates a successful technological organization is precisely what stimulated — for example — the craftsmen of the guilds: an unquenchable need to work. The twentieth century, however, with its voluminous mass-production and reduced working hours, is altering this need — especially in great organizations. Yet it is exactly this synthesis of mass-production, managerial control, and fixed identity which should make the corporation a powerful beneficial force; and more than beneficial — a means of liberating men from the potentially wasteful boredom of leisure time. Man Incorporate is a radical call for individualism in an age of mounting standardization; a remarkable analysis of the terms most men must live by; and required reading for anyone who wishes to understand not only the corporate man but himself.
Publishing Information
Man Incorporate: The Individual and His Work in an Organized Society by Carl B. Kaufman. From the stated First Edition by Doubleday & Company in 1967. This measures about 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ and has 281 pages, ending with an Index.
Condition
Enlarge the photo above. Former library book with the usual markings. The dust jacket was protected inside a plastic sleeve. The boards and pages are in good condition. The binding is strong but with lighter forward lean. No personal names or markings noted. From clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
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