2007-02-14

The article on Denton's book about

"One of the least attractive manifestations of territoriality nowadays is the rise of managerialism, where success is measured by more power, control and territory. Increased efficiency is not always the result," Denton says.

"This is what we see in the depersonalisation of institutions and a loss of ethos in corporations. Of course, some managers have insight and avoid the effects, while others are driven by a basic instinct from a fairly primitive part of the brain."

(The mind game)