FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE WORKPLACE

摘要

Thirty years ago, Dr Hunter S Thompson - if you don't know who he is, it's time to broaden your horizons - wrote a witheringly insightful interpretation of the 1972 US presidential race between Democratic challenger George McGovern and the incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon. This was politics at its best, and therefore at its worst. Thompson's book, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, is a must-read for any manager, tainted as they will inevitably be by organisational politics. Now, before the righteous among you deny that such a thing exists, or claim that somehow you are immune to such forces, let me state this clearly and slowly: the truth is that you show me a manager who denies ever engaging in such politics, and I will show you either a liar or an underachieving failure. That's the rule of the game, and this is backed up by some objective research - just ask any employee.