The Transformation of Work

of learning by doing, of alternative structures and hybrid forms, and of the ways to promote innovativeness and change. Most of the outpouring of books on competitiveness reflects this literature, which is virtually absent here. But I sense that Best nevertheless has the upper hand. His argument is clean and clear, the illustrations are compelling, and the clutter of New Age terms and concepts is minimal. He pushed off from the distant Schumpeter and Penrose, but, strong swimmer that he is, he came a long way without much further help. The rest of us may need organizational theory more than he appears to have needed it.