Corporate Renaissance: Business As an Adventure in Human Development

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Rolf Osterberg, a top executive in the film and newspaper industries, explodes the myth of business' greatest asset being capital, and takes on other conventional ideas into the bargain. He makes a compelling case for employee-owned companies, and for not taking out the profits from a company. He argues for a company structure which is not hierarchical, and for a management with "the vision thing" of what the business is and where it ought to begoing. When a business nurtures and values the creative imput of all its employees, it is laying the foundations of secure business success. This breakthrough book explains how.

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Rolf xD6;sterberg is a seasoned executive inthe media industry. He was CEO of Svensk Filmindustri, Scandinavia's largest film company, and deputy CEO of the Dagens Nyheters Group, Scandinavia's largest newspaper company. He served as chairman of the board of more than twenty companies and trade associations, including the Swedish Newspapers Association. "Corporate Renaissance," his first book, was a best-seller in Sweden, where it was first published. He also co-authored "The Search for Meaning in the Workplace" and regularly speaks on the relationship between humans and business organizations in a changing world. He has a law degree from the University of Stockholm and attended the senior management program of Harvard Business School. He currently serves at the faculty of the University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California. He lives in Inverness, California, and Stockholm, Sweden. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.