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Management: A Sociological Introduction
Summary
This is a lively introduction to management, covering an array of management orthodoxies and demonstrating, through contemporary sociological theory, that many of the old approaches are in need of reconstruction.
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Reviews
The writing style of the book took a little bit getting used to since it was very informal. Forbes does a great job explaining the use of mobs leading up the American Revolution and gives a more "people's" perspective. Most of the sources for the book seems to come from newspaper advertisements and personal remembrances of pre-revolution Boston. I learned a few new things about Paul Revere that I did not know in the past, such as Revere usually just modifying his newspaper sketches rather than creating them from scratch. The book also has several moments of pure eloquence in explaining complicated principles. I particularly enjoyed the paragraph on page 62 explaining the British Empire after the French and Indian War.
Esther Forbes wrote Paul Revere with a good natured, almost folksy tone. I could almost see the twinkle in her eye by her choice of words. Here are some quotes to illustrate my point, "Like so many men of his years and period, Mr. Coney was enjoying his third wife - 'Prudent Mary,' Judge Sewall calls her" (p 8), "Boston had not yet run out of either rum or religion fervor" (p 13), and "Only once did she save labor by twinning" (p 21). I could go on and on.But, just because Ms. Forbes wasn't didactic in her tone doesn't mean she wasn't informative. Her narrative paints a thoroughly detailed and informative account of Paul Revere's life and times. As an added bonus, the city of Boston also is biographied. One such fun detail is about Boston's streets: If the present day street is straight it probably used to be sea bottom. "Wherever the streets are snarled up, you are standing in the ancient town itself" (p 49).