The Organization Man by William Whyte

Table of Contents

Part One – THE IDEOLOGY OF THE ORGANIZATION MAN 3
Introduction 3
Scientism 5
Belongingness 5
Togetherness 6
Part Two – THE TRAINING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 6
A Generation of Bureaucrats 6
The Practical Curriculum 7
Business Influence on Education 8
The Pipe Line 9
The well-Rounded’ Man 10
Part Three – THE NEUROSES OF ORGANIZATION MAN 12
The Executive: Non-Well-Rounded Man 12
The Executive Ego 13
Checkers 14
Part Four – THE TESTING OF ORGANIZATION MAN 15
How Good an Organization Man Are You 15
The Tests of Conformity 16
Part Five – THE ORGANIZATION SCIENTIST 16
The Fight against Genius 16
The Bureaucratization of the Scientist 17
The Foundation and Projectism 18
Part Six – THE ORGANIZATION MAN IN FICTION 19
Society as Hero 19
Part Seven – THE NEW SUBURBIA ORGANIZATION MAN AT HOME 20
The Transients 20
The New Root 21
Inconspicuous Consumption 22
The Outgoing Life 23
Conclusion 23

Part One – THE IDEOLOGY OF THE ORGANIZATION MAN

Introduction
William whyte wrote this book about the people how work in organization while analyzing their behavior in the organization. Discussing not guest the workers, but also the white-collar people in the usual, clerk sense of the word. These people only work for the organization. They are the ones of our middle class who has left home, spiritually as well as physically, to take the vows of organization life, and it is they who are the mind and soul of our great self-perpetuating institutions. William whyte names them as “The Organization Man”.
The organization man seeks redemption of his place on earth--a faith that will satisfy him that what he must endure has a deeper meaning than appears on the surface. He needs; in short, something that will do for him what the Protestant Ethic did once. And slowly, almost imperceptibly, a body of thought has been coalescing that does that. Writer calls it a Social Ethic. With reason it could be called an organization ethic, or a bureaucratic