The Zen Manager

Managing accomplishment, especially cooperative enterprises, is demanding. When all goes well, humankind can build the Great Pyramid and keep the Mir Space Station aloft. But when cooperative, collective enterprises fail; depressions, famine, widespread poverty and dark ages ensue. Much depends on the quality of a nation's managers.

The Zen Manager begins by realistically describing the stakes of the game, the challenges and adversity, and the risks posed by the ever present playing condi...