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Fat cats : the strange cult of the CEO / Gideon Haigh.
- Title
- Fat cats : the strange cult of the CEO / Gideon Haigh.
- Author
- Haigh, Gideon.
- Publication
- New York : Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HD38.2 .H343 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 154 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "Gideon Haigh investigates the whole cult that has grown up around the CEO, questioning why we need him, why the position is almost always held by a man, what the CEO's actual duties are, and why he is paid so much more than the rest of the workforce. In a tough-minded, vigorous demolition job on the culture that produced the cult of the CEO, Haigh writes a minihistory of business and shows how the traditions of capitalism are mocked by the managerial system of the present. This humorous and incisive book demystifies the world of big business."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Bad company
- Alternative Title
- Bad company
- Subject
- Chief executive officers
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Fat cats -- Rich white men -- Soldiers of Fortune magazine -- Past masters of the universe -- The Sloan age -- The man nobody knows -- The rise of the celebrity CEO -- The invisible hand-out -- Overshoot first, ask questions later -- Unreal deals, conflicting accounts -- Brand loyalty -- Cultures and vultures -- Man over board -- Better company -- A guide to sources.
- ISBN
- 1560256397
- LCCN
- ^^2005298198
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library