The Secret Life of Corporations: Understanding the True Nature of Business [Paperback]

Mark Sirkin (Author)

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"A premise so strikingly original that it may well change the way the world does business in the 21st century." -- Samih Darwazah, author of "The Perfect Company," Chairman and CEO, Hikma Pharmaceuticals

"Here's a business book that can truly lead to company longevity and prosperity. It's a winner!" -- Dr. David Schumacher, author of "Buy and Hold"

"Revolutionary! The book has an impact not felt since Peter Drucker or William Whyte's The Organization Man." -- Cal Kirby, author of "Business Battle Plan"

About the Author

Mark Sirkin is a management consultant, psychologist, popular lecturer, and an expert on organizations and people. Over 20 years, he has worked with FORTUNE 500 companies as well as smaller, family-owned businesses. His work and speaking engagements have taken him across four continents from New York to New Delhi.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: New Chrysalis Press (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097454910X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974549101
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,188,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars How developing human capital is the preeminent strategy, October 30, 2004

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The Secret Life Of Corporations: Understanding The True Nature Of Business by management consultant, psychologist, lecturer, and organizational development expert Mark Sirkin is a management primer written specifically for the business management community of the 21st century. The focus is on showing just how developing human capital is the preeminent strategy for corporate survival and sustainable profit margins in an era of increasingly competitive and unprecedented changes by commercially and technologically. In The Secret Life Of Corporations, Sirkin applies concepts drawn from evolutionary psychology, biology, and organizational design in innovative ways to reveal just how organizations are in fact "living systems" while underscoring that human capital is more critical than financial capital. Also addressed are the issues of board governance, family businesses, information technology, self-improvement at work, emerging trends at work, and the future of business. If you are responsible for corporate management and development, then Mark Sirkin's The Secret Life Of Corporations highly recommended for careful and considered reading.