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Cubed : a secret history of the workplace / Nikil Saval

Author
Saval, Nikil
Published
New York : Doubleday, [2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
ix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Availability

HF5547.S336 2014 HF5547.S33 2014
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Contents
The clerking class -- The birth of the office -- The white-blouse revolution -- Up the skyscraper -- Organization men and women -- Open plans -- Space invaders -- The office of the future -- The office and its ends.
Summary
Drawing from popular books, movies, comic strips and an abundance of management literature and business history, this surprising "secret history" shows how the white-collar world came to be, from the mid-19th century to today, and reveals what it might become.
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ISBN
9780385536578 (hardcover)
0385536577 (hardcover)
9780345802804 (pbk.)
0345802802 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-322) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the John and Renee Kelly Libraries Collection Endowment for the Business Library; 2013.
Behrend copy: Purchased with funds from the Verna M. Lombard Library Endowment; 2014.
Endowment Note
John and Renee Kelly Libraries Collection Endowment for the Business Library
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