Author : Tracy Kidder Screen Reader : Supported Works with : Source : Status : Available | Last checked: 3 Hour ago! Size : 49,141 KB |
These days, we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles to workers being permitted to tease management to marathon 24-hour work sessions, The Soul of a New Machine explores concepts that already seem familiar, even old-hat, less than 20 years later. Kidder plainly admires his subjects; while he admits to hopeless confusion about their work, he finds their dedication heroic. The reader wonders, though, what will become of it all, now and in the future. --Rob Lightner
--The New York Times Book Review
"A true-life adventure."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Tracy Kidder can turn the most unlikely story into riveting drama."
--Anne Tyler