Punching in

Zusatztext "A book that takes readers behind the scenes at some of the country's best-known companies..." Informationen zum Autor Alex FrankeL is a writer based in San Francisco. He has written about business culture and adventure for Wired , Fast Company , The New York Times Magazine , and Outside , and he is the author of Wordcraft: The Art of Turning Little Words into Big Business . Klappentext During a two-year urban adventure through the world of commerce, journalist Alex Frankel proudly wore the brown uniform of the UPS driver, folded endless stacks of T-shirts at Gap, brewed espressos for the hordes at Starbucks, interviewed (but failed to get hired) at Whole Foods, enrolled in management training at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and sold iPods at the Apple Store. In this lively and entertaining narrative, Frankel takes readers on a personal journey into the land of front-line employees to discover why some workers are so eager to drink the corporate Kool-Aid and which companies know how to serve it up best. Zusammenfassung During a two-year urban adventure through the world of commerce, journalist Alex Frankel proudly wore the brown uniform of the UPS driver, folded endless stacks of T-shirts at Gap, brewed espressos for the hordes at Starbucks, interviewed (but failed to get hired) at Whole Foods, enrolled in management training at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and sold iPods at the Apple Store. In this lively and entertaining narrative, Frankel takes readers on a personal journey into the land of front-line employees to discover why some workers are so eager to drink the corporate Kool-Aid and which companies know how to serve it up best.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alex Frankel, Frankel Alex
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.11.2008
• EAN: 9780060849672
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084967-2
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 137 mm x 206 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; Psychology, Economic history, Social Work, Social, group or collective psychology, Management: leadership and motivation, Social classes, Business communication and presentation, Biography: historical, political and military, Management and management techniques, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management Science, PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychology, ECONOMICS: SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Facility Management, Management of assets: real estate, property and plant, Economics / Social