The Triumph of Emptiness - Consumption, Higher Education, and Work Organization - Hardback - 2013

The book views the contemporary economy as an economy of persuasion, where firms and institutions assign resources to rhetoric, image, and reputation rather than production of goods and services. It examines critically phenomena such as the knowledge society, consumption, higher education, organizational change, professionalization, and leadership.
Year of publication: 2013
Pagination: 256 pages, black white tables, figures
Format: Hardback