| The Puritan Gift: Reclaiming the American Dream Amidst Global Financial Chaos Contributor(s): Hopper, Kenneth (Author), Hopper, William (Author), Ackoff, Russell L. (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 184511986X ISBN-13: 9781845119867 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: "Financial Times Top Ten Business Book of 2007!""" "The Puritan Gift" traces the origins and the characteristics of American managerial culture which, in the course of three centuries, would turn a group of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It was the Protestant ethic whose characteristics--thrift, a respect for enquiry, individualism tempered by a need to cooperate, success as a measure of divine approval--helped to create the conditions which led to America's managerial and corporate success. Thus, the authors contend, the drive, energy and acceptance of innovation, competition, growth and social mobility, all have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America's first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans. And, the authors warn, as Americans distance themselves from core values which produced their nineteenth and twentieth century business and economic successes, they endanger the basis for their prosperity and security. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Business & Economics | Workplace Culture - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 658.009 |
| LCCN: 2010444704 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.85 lbs) 360 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Where does the Protestant work ethic come from? And how did America achieve such dominance in management for so long? "The Puritan Gift" traces the origins and the characteristics of American managerial culture which, in the course of three centuries, turned a group of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It argues that the drive, energy and acceptance of innovation, competition, growth and social mobility, all of which lie at the root of America's management culture, have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America's first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans.And, the authors warn, as Americans distance themselves from the core values which produced their business and economic successes during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, they put their future prosperity and security at risk. This is an original exploration of the dramatic and far-reaching consequences of the Puritans' 'gift' to America - the ethos which produced the early success of America and what came to be known as the American dream. |