Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits

Excellent little book on leading and managing. The timeless ideas apply today, although the version I read retained many of the terms and says that are considered sexist and racist now. Even though some of the topics are dated (steno pools and operators?), the ideas remain useful.

I was happy I chose this. He is a role model for professional business. things would be much smoother if people followed his tenets

Author Steve Lance has chosen to discuss Robert Townsend's Up The Organization, on  FiveBookson his list of five books that explain the future of Advertising, saying that:

“At the beginning of my career Up the Organization was hugely influential to me because it told me that you could be part of an organization and still be a maverick within the organization. What Robert Townsend preached was how to break the rules and still fit in.”.

The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/steve-lance

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I included this book in my book: The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. www.100bestbiz.com.