Contains articles previously published in the Harvard business review in 1996 and 1998. Includes index. Harvard business review on managing people (1999). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

what Holds the Modern Company Together? -- Pygmalion in Management -- Six Dangerous Myths About Pay -- Empowerment: The Emperor's New Clothes -- Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity -- The Alternative Workplace: Changing Where and How People Work -- The Set-Up-to-Fail Syndrome -- The Necessary Art of Persuasion -- About the Contributors -- Index

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