Renaissance Management: The Rebirth of Learning Through People and Organisations

by StephenCarter (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.25

  The re-birth of learning heralded by the Renaissance is mirrored in the modern management concepts of lifelong learning and learning organizations, and this work takes the history and culture of the Renaissance as a metaphor and frame of reference for organizations today. It examines the evolution of the modern equivalent of the multi-skilled Renaissance merchant, soldier, poet - the multi-skilled flexible worker. The traditional assumptions concerning the nature of organizations and the relationships they must have with their workforce are challenged. In particular, the author criticizes the notion of fixed roles, favouring a more flexible and holistic approach to working practice and organizational structure.