Notes for William H. Whyte, Jr. The Organization Man
Key concepts: corporation, organization.
Related theorists: .
PART ONE
The
Ideology of Organization Man
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction
Organization man are middle class workers who belong spiritually and physically to institutions.
(3)
These people only work for the Organization. The ones I am talking
about belong
to it as well. They are the ones of our middle class who have left
home, spiritually, as well as physically, to take the vows of
organization life, and it is they who are the mind and soul of our
great self-perpetuating institutions.
(3) The corporation man is
the most conspicuous example, but he is only one, for the
collectivization so visible in the corporation has affected almost
every field of work.
Whyte, Jr.,William H. The Organization Man. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1956. Print.