Whyte 1956 commitment

These people only work for The Organization. The ones I am talking about belong to it as well. They are the ones of our middle class who have left home, spiritually as well as physically, to take the vows of organization life, and it is they who are the mind and soul of our great self-perpetuating institutions. Only a few are top managers or ever will be. In a system that makes such hazy terminology as "junior executive" psychologically necessary, they are of the staff as much as the line, and most are destined to live poised in a middle area that still awaits a satisfactory euphemism.

But they are the dominant members of our society nevertheless. They have not joined together into a recognizable elite -- our country does not stand still long enough for that -- but it is from their ranks that are coming most of the first and second echelons of our leadership, and it is their values which will set the American temper. Find a copy online Links to this item Table of contents Verlagsinformation. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private.

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But organization men paid a hefty price for this security: their souls, in the form of their individuality. Beguiled by robust executive training programs, generous pension plans and potential lifetime employment, white-collar workers acquiesce to groupthink, bureaucracy and the absolute need to belong to a group. Rather, it stresses the beneficence of big organizations, and they are benevolent in many ways. The practical result is a brotherhood ISBN: Pages: Instant access to over 22, book summaries.

Try it for free. Jay W. American industry today is a far more heterogeneous and complex institution, and even such behemoths as General Electric Co.

The book described an important era of U. The corporate chieftains of the period were molded by and benefited from their military experience.

Having come of age during the Depression, they were eager for prosperity, security and stability. Determined to survive in the workplace, they submerged personal ambition and individualism in favor of corporate conformity. They accepted geographic transfers without complaint, willingly becoming interchangeable parts in the corporate machine. Much has shifted in the four decades since Whyte limned the risk-averse males who craved a sense of belonging to a common corporate cause.

At Harvard, Lorsch said, students in the s eagerly sought jobs with Fortune companies. They want to make money quickly in finance or venture capital or consulting or start-ups.