Article by John S. McClenahen on Charles Handy and business organizations, and how they should focus on creating a citizen company. McClenahen emphasizes the thought of Handy, who contends that wealth creation should entail more than economic growth, stressing that it should include and encourage intellectual and artistic refreshment alongside reinforcing social engagement. Handy therefore suggests the citizen company, a business model in which people are valued even as they add value, as the solution to modern organization dilemmas. In this scheme, companies would emphasize community and democracy and build a culture in which people are citizens rather than employees. Alongside this change, McClenahen notes how Handy calls for a change in corporate law to lessen the grip of power that shareholders maintain in American and British capitalism. Incorporating such changes, according to Handy, would make the good and most talented people want to work for their CEOs in traditional organizations.
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Charles Handy article on business organizations and how they should focus on creating a citizen company, 1998; Charles Handy Papers; Box 15, Folder 2; 3 pages
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