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005 20181112020351.0
008 181010s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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019 _a1057128171
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020 _a031656186X
_q(hardback)
035 _a(OCoLC)1056207883
_z(OCoLC)1057128171
092 _a658.3
_bL991
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aLyons, Daniel,
_d1960-
_eauthor.
_9376553
245 1 0 _aLab rats :
_bhow Silicon Valley made work miserable for the rest of us /
_cDan Lyons.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bHachette Books,
_c2018.
300 _aviii, 259 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
520 _aExamines 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.
505 0 _aWelcome 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?
650 0 _aCorporate culture.
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650 0 _aWork environment.
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650 0 _aOrganizational behavior.
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