In an era when change is constant, random, and, as Handy calls it, discontinuous, it is necessary to break out of old ways of thinking in order to use change to our advantage. Handy examines how dramatic changes are transforming business, education, and the nature of work. We can see it in astounding new developments in technology, in the shift in demand from manual to cerebral skills, and in the virtual disappearance of lifelong, full-time jobs. Handy maintains that discontinuous change requires discontinuous, upside-down thinking, and discusses the need for new kinds of organizations, new approaches to work, new types of schools, and new ideas about the nature of our society.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I : Changing
Chapter 1 : The Argument
Chapter 2 : The Numbers
Chapter 3 : The Theory
Part II : Working
Introduction
Chapter 4 : The Shamrock Organization
Chapter 5 : The Federal Organization
Chapter 6 : The Triple I Organization
Part III : Living
Introduction
Chapter 7 : Portfolios
Chapter 8 : Re-Inventing Education
Chapter 9 : An Upside-Down Society
Epilogue
About The Author
For Reading and Reference
Index
