Esopo e il manager

by David Noonan, Gianfranco Chizzoli (Translator), Clara Manzoni (Translator)

Il lupo e l'agnello, La volpe e l'uva, II leone e il delfino, brevissime e ironiche, le favole di Esopo parlano di animali per indicare agli uomini come comportarsi in modo appropriato, e vivere meglio. In questo libro l'autore ne ripropone una cinquantina, evidenziandone la forte attualità in chiave aziendale. Ogni favola è abbinata alle esperienze di organizzazioni contemporanee: racconti in ambito di business, ma anche di politica, spettacolo e sport (con protagonisti come Jack Welch, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, i Beatles,.,). Da ciascun racconto emerge una morale d'impresa, rafforzata dal pensiero dei più importanti "guru" del management (Peter Drucker, Tom Peters, Michael Porter e molti altri). Tutti i personaggi, uomini e animali, studiosi e imprenditori, contribuiscono a gettare una nuova luce sui diversi aspetti della vita aziendale - dal management alla leadership, dalla strategia alle risorse umane al marketing - in un libro di agile lettura, ironico, pragmatico e intelligente che dimostra come, comportandosi secondo una certa etica, si guadagna anche a livello economico e di successo.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

David Noonan is an Australian artist known for his distinctive collage-based practice that merges found imagery with screen-printing, painting, and textile work to explore themes of performance, ritual, and the theatrical. Born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1969, Noonan studied fine art at Ballarat University College and later earned his MFA from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. He relocated to London, where he currently lives and works.
Noonan's work has been widely exhibited internationally, with solo shows at leading institutions including the Tate Modern in London, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Chisenhale Gallery, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis. His haunting, monochromatic pieces often draw from archival sources such as stage productions, avant-garde film, and folk traditions, lending his art an enigmatic and timeless quality.
In 2020, he was featured in the Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, and his exhibition Stagecraft at the Art Gallery of Ballarat reflected his long-standing interest in performance and transformation. His work is held in major public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate, the Guggenheim, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.