Reviews for Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy

The average rating for Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-20 00:00:00 Thomas Mckenzie This is one of the hardest books that I have ever tried to understand and, I am told, it is the most accessible of Stafford Beer's books. To get as far as page 30 I have had to go and back and read Ross Ashby's Introduction to Cybernetics. I have to read each page several times and then take notes and then think about it for some hours. A friend whose intellect I deeply respect believes that Stafford Beer's ideas are very important for understanding organisations so I am going to try and stick at this but, man..., it's hard.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-03 00:00:00 Oliver Ortiz I read it once. I read it twice. Then I read some of his other books. I'm now reading it again and for the first time everything clicks. Not because it is not well written, but because the ideas are very much at odds to some of the ideas we're used to. I firmly believe however, that Beer's ideas are better in many respects than the more orthodox theories.