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Auschwitz, USA : a comparative study in efficiency and human management : how the Nazis' "final solution" annihilated the Jews in Europe and how America's "free enterprise" has consumed our intelligence and humanity in America / Jon Huer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huer, Jon.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Organizational behavior--Case studies.
- Organizational behavior.
- Organizational behavior--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Corporate culture.
- Personnel management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 p.)
- Other Title:
- Auschwitz, USA : a comparative study in efficiency and human resources management
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Hamilton Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The most 'efficient' system is one that controls the human resources by eliminating the human part and turning them into pure resources. Their ultimate organizational goal is to transform people into things, commonly called organizational behavior. This book is about the two best historical examples of such 'efficiently-run' resource management.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Welcome to Auschwitz, USA; Chapter 2. Our Daily Deaths, Our Daily Bread; Chapter 3. Partners in Crime [Against Humanity]; Chapter 4. Auschwitz Dies, America Sleeps; Chapter 5. Efficiency, a Blessing or Curse?; Chapter 6. In Search of a Perfect Death; Chapter 7. The Efficiency Rating, 99 vs. 98 Percent; Chapter 8. The Auschwitz Method; Chapter 9. The Gas Chamber, the Most Efficient Death; Chapter 10. From Wannsee to the Gas Chamber; Chapter 11. On the Train Come the Cattle
- Chapter 12. Then Cometh the Call from HellChapter 13. To Be or Not To Be Human; Chapter 14. Efficiency's Progress, From Death Camps to Free-Enterprise; Chapter 15. Mind-Control, at Auschwitz and in the U.S.; Chapter 16. Alone at Auschwitz and in the U.S.; Chapter 17. The Nature of Evil Explained; Chapter 18. The Nature of Power Explained; Chapter 19. Auschwitz, USA: Entertainment Station Terminal:; Chapter 20. The Epilogue; Bibliography; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7618-9027-0
- 1-283-61431-6
- 0-7618-5188-7
- 9786613926760
- OCLC:
- 855502447
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