Beyond the Looking Glass: Overcoming the Seductive Culture of Corporate Narcissism 9780814403433, 0-8144-0343-3, 9780585031156

How can you cure a sickness when you don't know its cause? Many of today's corporations are exhibiting the dis

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English Pages 222 Year 1997

Beyond the Looking Glass: Overcoming the Seductive Culture of Corporate Narcissism
9780814403433, 0-8144-0343-3, 9780585031156

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Alan Downs

Table of contents :
Content: Battling for the soul of corporate America --
Image is all that matters --
Building the empire : management style of a narcissist --
The narcissistic organization --
Where winning is all that matters --
Profit and the dark side --
Corporate evangelists and chronic campaigns --
The organization as reluctant host --
How to work in the narcissistic organization --
A second-helping of success --
Looking at ourselves --
Reversing the flow.

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