The Economics of Higher Purpose
The Economics of Higher Purpose:
Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization
by Robert E. Quinn
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1523086408 | 125 Pages | PDF | 1.25 MB
Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization
by Robert E. Quinn
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1523086408 | 125 Pages | PDF | 1.25 MB
What does a lofty notion like purpose have to do with business basics like the bottom line? Robert E. Quinn and Anjan J. Thakor say pretty much everything. Leaders and managers are taught that employees are self-interested and work resistant, so they create systems of control to combat these expectations. Workers resent these systems, and performance suffers. To address the performance issues, managers double down on the coercion, creating a vicious cycle and a self-fulfilling prophecy.