Notes for William H. Whyte, Jr. The Organization Man


Key concepts: corporation, organization.


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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.