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Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
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Sales rank 67,592
Customers rating (based on 21 reviews)
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Although it was first published more than thirty-five years ago, Up the Organization continues to top the lists of best business books by groups as diverse as the American Management Association, Strategy + Business (Booz Allen Hamilton), and The Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management. 1-800-CEO-READ ranks Townsend’s bestseller first among eighty books that “every manager must read.” This commemorative edition offers a new generation the benefit of Robert Townsend’s timeless wisdom as well as reflections on his work and life by those who knew and worked with him. This groundbreaking book continues to remind us not to get mired in all those sacred organizational routines that stifle people and strangle both profits and profitability. He shows a way to humanize business and a way to have fun while making it all work better than it ever worked before.
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| Publisher | Jossey-Bass | | Release date | 05/2007 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Hardcover |
| | List price | $22.95 | | Our price | $17.21 (you save 25.01%) | | Used price | from $5 |
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 Best Business Book
I've read hundreds of business books. The Zurich Axioms is the best investment book, Up The Organization is the best general business book. Memorable vignettes will come to mind decades after you read it -- making your business decisions better.
 Old and Stiff
The book physically was used and probably fit the description of "good". It is, however, like some of my old paperbacks that have been stored in the basement for years, old and stiff. This means that when I turn the pages to read, the spine breaks a little each time. If I read it as intended, skipping around one short subject at a time, I will end up with a number of loose pages.
It is also true that some of Robert Townsend's ideas seem old and stiff. Most dated is his frequent reference to women employees as "girls". Definitely old.
One of the Greats of All Time..
As a corporate director of human resources, I continually search for books that will assist me and my managers to become better stewards of the company's money and other resources.
I don't remember when I bought my copy of Robert Townsend's book but I remember my children were toddlers and they are all married with children of their own. About ten years ago, I updated my copy with the revised book - Further Up the Organization: How Groups of People Working Together for a Common Purpose Ought to Conduct Themselves for Fun and Profit. Robert Townsend died in 1998. How I wish he were still around so we could continue to receive his straightforward advice and guidance.
A couple of years ago, I decided to write a management book and decided that I enjoyed Robert Townsend's book so much that I would copy his style with a multitude of short chapters and brutal honesty. I accomplished my goal and can only hope that my book will reach the stratosphere that his did.
As a tip for those contemplating purchasing Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series); you can actually have a lot of fun with noting when people violate the behaviors Mr. Townsend warned us about and leave a copy of the page out of Up the Organization on their desk. They'll never know what hit `em. (and some will actually improve their mode of operation)
I highly recommend this book to anyone in management. Like me, I believe you will refer to it often. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR - Author of Wingtips with Spurs
Great business book by a experinced corporate executive
Townsend was president of Avis and wrote some great books based on his experience. His best was the out of print and very rare 'The A to Z guide for the Get Ahead Manager'. His books are second only to the 'One inute Manager' series and should be required reading for every business student, and even every current business leader.
Entertaining, timeless business wisdom
This is a reprint of a classic best-selling book on business that has been widely copied but never duplicated. Yes, other successful collections of short, clever aphorisms have appeared and faded, but Robert Townsend had the ability to pierce the heart of the matter with stiletto sharpness. Just gloss over the small out-of-date references (like salary levels) and enjoy his ABCs of management. While some of Townsend's recommendations still seem radical, he lived by these principles, and was a very successful, popular executive with Avis and American Express. getAbstract cautions that this is a book of epigrams, not a narrative, so it might be a little choppy. Still, Townsend manages to balance a savvy, fun attitude with serious, strategic advice.
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