Philosopher and management thinker who coined the phrase ‘portfolio’ career, and believed companies should retain their humanity
For a country that prides itself on its professional and financial services sector, the UK has produced remarkably few world-ranking management and organisational thinkers. At the very top of that pile, however, is Charles Handy, the writer and social philosopher – his preferred designation – who has died aged 92.
As both a thinker and educator, Handy was unusual. Although a professor – he was a founding faculty member of the London Business School (LBS), the UK’s first graduate business school, in the 1960s – he never followed the conventional path, ploughing a narrow furrow and publishing in specialist journals.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/22/charles-handy-obituary
Author : Simon Caulkin
Publish date : 2024-12-22 17:39:57
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