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Careers In and Out of Organizations (Foundations for Organizational Science)

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As a professional writer myself, I admit that I have higher standards than most when reading books, but textbooks in particular seem to be getting worse, and this one is no exception.

While there is a lot of good information in this book, it's very redundant -- the same information is beaten to death. Ironically, the reverse is also true. Information, particularly graphics, are brought in to the mix but never discussed in any meaningful way (like the 'career involvement' graphic in chapter 6).

There is virtually no discussion about workers who are not in management -- the focus seems to be those people working in corporate America at a manager level or higher -- outside of talking about priests, there is little information on careers outside of this realm.

Additionally, I found the book to be quite sexist with a definite slant toward white male bias, especially in the passages that infer (if not outright state) that those who do not make Career (with a capital C) the primary focus of their lives are somehow inferior. This thinking is woefully outdated -- just ask any mom who works outside of the home, any adult taking care of an older parent, or anyone who is actively involved in their family or community.