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"The world's largest retailer and two of the world's largest automotive suppliers are driven bankrupt. One third of the most sophisticated vehicles ever produced by man blow up, and no one gets fired. Your car is recalled, your bank closed down, and you are irritable and stressed because your PC stopped working after the latest automatic update. How did these things happen? ""Why People Still Don't Do Their Jobs: Why Your Car Was Recalled and Other Interesting Stories"" is the second volume in a series works by a veteran Quality Systems professional, who has inside access to the quality systems of some of the world's most famous companies. Building on ""Why People Don't Do Their Jobs: The Four Root Causes of Everything"" this book looks at the issue of management failure, at the most immense scale possible, with lasting repercussions for today's economy. In ""Why People Still Don't Do Their Jobs"" you'll learn about: The most dangerous book ever written, and how its effects are felt in today's business culture. The difference between a Supervisor and one that is not all that super. Tier 1 Hell, and Why Your Car was Recalled. What babies, the stink in natural gas, and a barking dog have in common. The nine problems in every Business Startup. The weaknesses of the ""Driver"" personality, and 9 reasons not to turn the business over to the kids. The uses and misuses of consultants as a way to solve business problems. The two most dangerous human emotions with regard to management failure. ""Why People Still Don't Do Their Jobs"" examines some of the major economic and business failures and distills them down to simple causes that everyone can understand. It also offers some constructive suggestions, and new ways to think about some of the basic problems in modern business, in a lighthearted and thoughtful way. That way, even if you still aren't in a position to do anything about any of this, you can at least understand why it keeps happening. You might even be able to avoid some of the fallout when it happens again, which it surely will."

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