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基本信息
·出版社：Currency
·页码：272 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：9780385517546
·条码：9780385517546
·版次：2006-05-16
·装帧：精装
·开本：20开 20开
内容简介
Book Description
J. K. Rowling’s novels about Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have captured the imaginations of people everywhere. In If Harry Potter Ran General Electric, bestselling business author Tom Morris (If Aristotle Ran General Motors) uncovers the values and timeless truths that underlie Rowling’s hugely popular books and illuminates the lessons they offer to all of us in our careers and daily lives.
But, you say, Harry Potter lives in a world of magic. What can we possibly learn to apply to our own careers and everyday lives? Morris shows that the most difficult problems Harry and his friends face are rarely solved by the use of magic alone. Rather, they are conquered by intelligence, reasoning, determination, creativity, friendship, and a host of other classic virtues–the very qualities, in fact, that make for success in every aspect of our lives.
Blending an array of provocative examples from the novels with thought-provoking commentary on contemporary management practices, If Harry Potter Ran General Electric offers readers a master’s course on leadership and ethics, told in an engaging and insightful way.
FromPublishers Weekly
Following his business bestseller If Aristotle Ran General Motors, former philosophy professor Morris piggybacks on the popularity of J.K. Rowling's novels, conjuring philosophical parallels between the heroics of her fictional world and success in the corporate realm. He parses her stories for what they might tell us about the importance of virtues and ethics in the business world, referring a little to Aristotle and Kierkegaard for philosophical weight, plus a dash of eloquent advice from GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt for real-life relevance. In Morris's view, Harry Potter is the embodiment of courage—"doing what's right, not what's easy"—and the author delineates five steps to this virtue (e.g., "surround yourself with support") for real-world application. A natural leader, Harry takes after Headmaster Dumbledore, an "Aristotelian figure" and "the essence of leadership," a quality Morris compares to alchemy, since good leaders "transform ordinary people into great performers." Though Morris writes with grace and imagination, this chatty meditation may feel redundant for Harry Potter fans, miss the mark with readers uninitiated to the world of the wizards and disappoint those looking for concrete discussion of real business situations. (May)
FromBooklist
Morris uses J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter themes and characters to provide a framework for his leadership lessons. Morris' formula for happiness is "contentment + fulfillment + pleasure + love," all illuminated with examples from the adventures of Harry Potter. Morris designates General Electric the symbol for major corporations, citing GE as a role model because it "seems to have been endowed with magic from its early beginnings." Effusive references to both Rowling and the company are woven into the text, yet it is unclear if either gave their blessing to Morris for this effort. Nevertheless, with the current popularity of the Harry Potter characters and the reputation of GE, Morris cleverly draws upon these high-profile entities to present his leadership ideas to business executives.
Mary Whaley
Book Dimension
length: (cm)23.6 width:(cm)15.5
作者简介
TOM MORRIS is the author of the bestselling business book IF ARISTOTLE RAN GENERAL MOTORS. A former distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, he is now the most active public philosopher America advising the corporate world. He and his family live in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he is the chairman of the Morris Institute for Human Values.
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