Narcissistic Process and Corporate Decay : : The Theory of the Organizational Ideal / / Howard S. Schwartz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Schwartz, Howard S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; PART ONE. The Theory of the Organization Ideal --; Introduction --; 1. The Clockwork or the Snakepit: An Essay on the Meaning of Teaching Organizational Behavior --; 2. On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Totalitarianism --; 3. Antisocial Actions of Committed Organizational Participants --; PART TWO. Organizational Decay and Organizational Disaster --; 4. Totalitarian Management and Organizational Decay: The Case of General Motors --; 5. Organizational Disaster and Organizational Decay: The Case of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration --; 6. On the Psychodynamics of Organizational Disaster: The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger --; PART THREE. American Culture and the Challenger Disaster: A Historical Perspective --; 7. The Symbol of the Space Shuttle and the Degeneration of the American Dream --; 8. Conclusion: Addiction and Recovery --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814788790; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814788790.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Howard S. Schwartz.

Howard S. Schwartz shows how American industry is in a process of decay unable to cope with foreign competition and stagnant in technological development. He attributes this Organizational Decay to a reluctance in the part of corporate members to deal with reality.