steve's Reviews > Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers

this man was before his time. the introduction alone is worth the kindle price. everyone knows that bureaucracy creates its own rules, but rarely are they parsed and analyzed by an external party. if you've ever wanted an academic and surprisingly dry analysis of the behaviors that manifest themselves in corporate america than you would be hard pressed to find a better read than this book. if you're of the ignorance is bliss school of thought, pass on this. otherwise, for something that was written in in the 80s you'll be more than a little amazed at how relevant this is.

while not every corporation is as bad as the 3 companies profiled in this book, do remember that these are the corporations that allowed him to do the research. (the process of how he was able to engage these organizations is interesting all on its own.) you'll walk away from more of those inscrutable meetings at least attempting to parse out the fealty behaviors/arrangements you've just observed; enabling you to plan accordingly.