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Their comprehensive and thoughtful book offers a great single source for understanding the amazing variety of social entrepreneurs throughout the world." [3] The Stanford Social Innovation and Review wrote that The Power of Unreasonable People, “should be on the shortlist of required reading on social entrepreneurship.” [4]
Anupreeta Das describes a stressful work culture at the Gates Foundation in her new book, “Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World.”
Pursuits of adaptation primarily follow the traditions that emphasize how managers influence the adaptation process and, therefore, focus mainly on decision-making. Organizations that recognize environmental change and make decisions to reconfigure resources or enter new markets are viewed as adapting accordingly.
Liberal journalist Thomas Frank situated the book in a broader genre of management-serving literature that portrays the imbalance of power between employees and managers as an inevitable force of "change" that employees must not question, and should even accept happily. Change comes, mysteriously, from outside the maze while the possibility of ...
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Employers seek employees with high adaptability, due to the positive outcomes that follow, such as excellent work performance, work attitude, and ability to handle stress. [2] Employees, who display high adaptive performance in an organization, tend to have more advantages in career opportunities unlike employees who are not adaptable to change ...
The change agent is to be prepared for having to address all of the above hazards and obstacles. Some of the things which will help the change agent are: A real need in the client system to change; Genuine support from management; Setting a personal example: listening, supporting behavior; A sound background in the behavioral sciences
The book also earned high recognition from industry professionals. For instance, Dr. Rod Hadi, World Wide Director of Erico International Corp, commented on Amar's book: "one of the best books I have ever read regarding this subject" and it "presents an amazing approach to managing highly talented employees."