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Title: Still dead-on!
Review: I found the information in Barbarians to Bureaucrats fascinating. It very much parallels the business life cycles of 100 years ago, during the time of publication (1989) and even today. What it goes to show is that while the work and technology may change, the management and leadership styles stay the same. I believe if you couple this book with Collins'How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In, you can see the undoings of many of the major airlines, Lehman Brothers, Enron, Healthsouth, and many others interwoven between the texts. I rated it four stars as I felt like some of the links to the stories throughout civilization were a little far-reaching, and that many of the characteristics could have been plucked from these stories. Enjoyed it; though out of print managers and leaders will find it relevant still today.
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