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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Paul Woodruff (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 17.50cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780199356881ISBN 10: 0199356882 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 27 March 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart One Introductory Ajax What's at Stake: Rewards, Booty, and Incentives Part Two The Story of Ajax Part Three Learning from the Ajax Story A New Approach to Justice and Compassion The Myth Caring About Ajax The Storytellers The Contest: What Went Wrong Part Four Justice as Human Wisdom Bad Losers Compassion Fairness The Fairness Trap Good Things and their Doubles Justice Anger: Justice in the Soul Honor and Respect Wisdom Leadership The Answer: How to Survive the Dilemma Afterword Ajax and Odysseus: From Battlefield to Boardroom, by C. Cale McDowellReviewsThe timing is excellent for The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards...this little book makes a worthy contribution to the issue of how to distribute rewards in both government and business. In this age, the story of Ajax is sure to resonate with many. --Nancy F. Koehn, The New York Times The Ajax Dilemma by Paul Woodruff, a classical scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, provides intriguing insights... It is impossible to do justice to the subtlety of Woodruff's work in such a short space but some of the main themes can be highlighted. It should be apparent that there are many contemporary Ajaxes, loyal and hardworking employees, who can feel slighted by the rewards lavished on certain colleagues. --Daniel Ben-Ami, Financial Times Greek tragedies reflect about fundamental values and the sometimes agonizing tensions among them, using mythic stories of searing power. Paul Woodruff uses Sophocles' Ajax to create a gripping reflection about leadership both then and now. A classical scholar who has served as a leading administrator at the University of Texas, and who earlier served as an officer in the Vietnam War, Woodruff writes about leadership and its difficulties with both insider knowledge and poetic sensibility. Readers will argue with this book, and many will strongly disagree with Woodruff's ideas about rewards, fairness, and particular justice. But that's the great merit of the book: it is totally honest, totally open to argument and refutation, written with a passionate integrity that calls for a like integrity in the reader. --Martha Nussbaum, The University of Chicago Woodruff tells a great story about why leaders need justice, compassion, and wisdom to be effective problem solvers. Everyone in a management or leadership position should read this book for the wise lessons it teaches. --Joanne B. Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond In this short and unusual book Paul Woodruff shows us by example that there is more than one way to do good philosophy. Officially the book is about justice and fairness, but its real topic is leadership in all its forms -- in academia, the military, and in business. Woodruff puts the Greek legend of Ajax to wonderfully inventive use, deriving all sorts of practical lessons from it about how be a good leader, a good follower, a good loser, and a good winner. The message of The Ajax Dilemma can be put into practice, and it should be. This book should be required reading for anyone who finds themselves running anything. --Jonathan Dancy, Department of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin The timing is excellent for The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards...this little book makes a worthy contribution to the issue of how to distribute rewards in both government and business. In this age, the story of Ajax is sure to resonate with many. --Nancy F. Koehn, The New York Times The Ajax Dilemma by Paul Woodruff, a classical scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, provides intriguing insights... It is impossible to do justice to the subtlety of Woodruff's work in such a short space but some of the main themes can be highlighted. It should be apparent that there are many contemporary Ajaxes, loyal and hardworking employees, who can feel slighted by the rewards lavished on certain colleagues. --Daniel Ben-Ami, Financial Times Greek tragedies reflect about fundamental values and the sometimes agonizing tensions among them, using mythic stories of searing power. Paul Woodruff uses Sophocles' Ajax to create a gripping reflection about leadership both then and now. A classical scholar who has served as a leading administrator at the University of Texas, and who earlier served as an officer in the Vietnam War, Woodruff writes about leadership and its difficulties with both insider knowledge and poetic sensibility. Readers will argue with this book, and many will strongly disagree with Woodruff's ideas about rewards, fairness, and particular justice. But that's the great merit of the book: it is totally honest, totally open to argument and refutation, written with a passionate integrity that calls for a like integrity in the reader. --Martha Nussbaum, The University of Chicago Woodruff tells a great story about why leaders need justice, compassion, and wisdom to be effective problem solvers. Everyone in a management or leadership position should read this book for the wise lessons it teaches. --Joanne B. Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond In this short and u The timing is excellent for The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards...this little book makes a worthy contribution to the issue of how to distribute rewards in both government and business. In this age, the story of Ajax is sure to resonate with many. --Nancy F. Koehn, The New York Times The Ajax Dilemma by Paul Woodruff, a classical scholar at the University of Texas at Austin, provides intriguing insights... It is impossible to do justice to the subtlety of Woodruff's work in such a short space but some of the main themes can be highlighted. It should be apparent that there are many contemporary Ajaxes, loyal and hardworking employees, who can feel slighted by the rewards lavished on certain colleagues. --Daniel Ben-Ami, Financial Times Greek tragedies reflect about fundamental values and the sometimes agonizing tensions among them, using mythic stories of searing power. Paul Woodruff uses Sophocles' Ajax to create a gripping reflection about leadership both then and now. A classical scholar who has served as a leading administrator at the University of Texas, and who earlier served as an officer in the Vietnam War, Woodruff writes about leadership and its difficulties with both insider knowledge and poetic sensibility. Readers will argue with this book, and many will strongly disagree with Woodruff's ideas about rewards, fairness, and particular justice. But that's the great merit of the book: it is totally honest, totally open to argument and refutation, written with a passionate integrity that calls for a like integrity in the reader. --Martha Nussbaum, The University of Chicago Woodruff tells a great story about why leaders need justice, compassion, and wisdom to be effective problem solvers. Everyone in a management or leadership position should read this book for the wise lessons it teaches. --Joanne B. Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond In this short and unusual book Paul Woodruff shows us by example that there is more than one way to do good philosophy. Officially the book is about justice and fairness, but its real topic is leadership in all its forms -- in academia, the military, and in business. Woodruff puts the Greek legend of Ajax to wonderfully inventive use, deriving all sorts of practical lessons from it about how be a good leader, a good follower, a good loser, and a good winner. The message of The Ajax Dilemma can be put into practice, and it should be. This book should be required reading for anyone who finds themselves running anything. --Jonathan Dancy, Department of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin Author InformationPaul Woodruff teaches philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin, where he has held positions for over twenty years as department chair, honors director, and dean. He served in the United States Army as a junior officer, 1969-71. His many books include Reverence, First Democracy, and The Necessity of Theater. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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