The Adaptive Corporation

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. Octavo in red cloth and mustard yellow papers in white dust jacket; 217 pages; 24 cm Fine copy in near fine(-), unclipped jacket; DJ lightly curled at the edges; faintest edge and corner wear; no tears; board are lightly dust soiled and sunned at the very edges; o/w cloth is clean; pages are like new: clean, crisp, bright and free of marks and creases; edges of leaves are clean; boards are free of bumps; binding is tight and square; a gently used copy. ISBN: 0070649669

In English. Contents: The museum of corporate dinosaurs -- -- What Theodore Vail knew (1885-1950) -- The pink princess policy (1950-1970) -- The super-industrial communications market -- The management of surprise -- A model of super-industrialism -- What Theodore Vail did not know -- A temporary goal -- Organizational problems -- Modular functions -- Framework functions -- Appendixes. Alternative strategies for public participation -- Partial list of individuals consulted.