Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2018) Compelling and ultimately hopeful

Compelling and ultimately hopeful

recounting anecdotes of their own foibles and making surprising connections that bring this research alive

More than 120 photographs illustrate period furnishings and decorative objects by European and American designers

how can an examination of four people's anguish be so enthralling

as well as an otherworldly beauty

Strategic Pragmatism : The Culture of Singapore's Economics Development Board PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Nominee for Shortlist (2018) Compelling and ultimately hopefulPer capita income in Singapore has gone from $500 to more than $20,000 in a little over twenty five years. Edgar Schein, a social psychologist with a long and celebrated research interest in organizational studies, examines the cultural history of the key institution that spawned this economic miracle. Through interviews and full access to Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB), Schein shows how economic development was successfully promoted. He