Biography - Charles Handy 1932-

For additional biographical material and for comments about Handy's ideas, see Part III below. For an interview see "Viewpoint", in 2003, no.1, Human Resource Management International Digest, and the Fall 1995 issue of Strategy & Business which is available in the Business Library. See also the interesting piece in the New York Times which describes his unique working arrangements with his wife Elizabeth who is a photographer - "It's His Half-Year To Wash the Dishes: How One Couple Squares 2 Careers" - November 16, 1997 (available on Lexis/Nexis and in the D.B. Weldon Library on microfilm). For a live interview with Handy on the topic - "Beyond Capitalism", see Business in the New Millennium [videorecording] produced by Sleeping Giant Productions, and available at the Education Library.

Update 2008: Two new books by Handy have been received. One is Myself and Other More Important Matters in which he “shows us how to navigate through the tough decisions we have to make at every phase. He gives us his personal thoughts on life’s big questions and turning points, mining his own experience to tell us what he’s learned along the way.”
The other is The New Philanthropists: The New Generosity. In this book 23 “philanthropreneurs” or “philanthrocapitalists” are profiled (along with photographs). Here are their names: Tony Adams; David Charters; Sara Davenport; Michael de Giorgio; Tony Falkenstein; Jeff Gambin; Ram Gidoomal; Carolyn Hayman; Tom Hunter; Mohamed Ibrahim; Peter Lampl; Chris Mathias; Fred Matser; Niall Mellon; Daniel Petre; Christopher and Phillida Purvis; Gordon Roddick (husband of Dame Anita Roddick,founder of the Body Shop, who passed away in Sept. 2007); David Ross, Peter Ryan; Ricardo Semler; Jeff Skoll (a Canadian); Janez Skrabec and John Studzinski.
According to Handy “generosity is fashionable again” and he explains the reasons why and describes how these new philanthropists differ from the old. Here are some sources for reviews: “21st Century Heroes,” Araminta Wordsworth, Financial Post, Dec.16, 2006; “The City’s New Boom Market: Philanthropy,” Simon Nixon, The Spectator, Nov.18, 2006; “Building Hope on the Cape,” Irish Times, Nov.2, 2007; “The New, New Philanthropists,” Ian Wylie, Management Today, Oct. 1, 2007; “What’s With Giving it Away?” Richard Johnson, The Sunday Times, Mar. 25, 2007 and “The New Face of Philanthopy,” Tim Bouquet, The Time – Times Magazine, Feb. 24, 2007

Part I

Books By Charles Handy in the Western Libraries
(presented in reverse chronological order)

Handy, Charles
The Elephant and the Flea: Reflections of a Reluctant Capitalist
BUS HB 501.H3388 2002
"When at midlife Charles Handy voluntarily left the comfort and security of a successful corporate career to become a
freelance writer and consultant, he was not aware that he was a good 20 years ahead of his time in the modern
workspace. All he knew then was that he wanted to exchange a work life that had become stifling for one that promised to
be more independent and free, if financially risky.
As it turned out the decision was a good one for him. He found a place for himself as a business consultant much in
demand and as a writer of books popular for their wisdom and sage advice. Now with The Elephant and the Flea he has
written an insightful analysis of his experiences as a self-employed independent, a status that downsizing and outsourcing
is forcing upon a growing multitude of workers today. Handy writes with his usual charm and grace, but produces a
sharply penetrating account of what happened to him as a "flea", his metaphor for the independent worker, once he left
the world of the large corporation, the "elephant" in the book's title. Making the book largely autobiographical allowed
Handy the opportunity to discuss how the diverse factors of education, marriage, religion, social status and so forth bear
on the changing nature of employment."

The New Alchemists: How Visionary People Make Something Out of Nothing
BUS HB 615.H266 1999
For one review of this work see John Kay's "Glittering Upstarts" in the October 1999 issue of Management Today, which is located in print in the Business Library and in electronic form via ProQuest.

Waiting for the Mountain to Move: Reflections on Work and Life
BUS BV4832..2.H277 1999
For a review of this work see Charlton R. Price's article in September 2001 issue of Consulting to Management.

The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism; A Quest for Purpose in the Modern World
BUS HB 501.H339 1997.
For some reviews of this work see: People Management, Oct. 9, 1997, p.30. (This journal is available in the D.B. Weldon Library - DBW PER HF 5549.A2P36.) and Publisher's Weekly, Nov. 3, 1997, p.71. (This is also available in Weldon - DBW PER Z 1219.P82 and on ProQuest). For a review that was less kind see: "Capitalism's Future: Badly-knit Wooly Jumper" in the Financial Times, Sept. 30, 1997. (available in the Business Library on microfilm).

Beyond Certainty: The Changing Worlds of Organizations
DBW HD 58.8.H3624 1995

The Age of Paradox
BUS HD 58.8.H3618 1994
DBW HD 58.8.H3618 1994
To see the table of contents of this book (which is essentially the American version of the one below) and a brief summary, click here.

The Empty Raincoat: Making Sense of the Future
BUS HD 4901.H34 1994

Understanding Organizations
BUS HD 31.H3127 1993 (4th edition - originally published in 1976 as noted below).

Gods of Management: The Changing Work of Organisations
BUS HD 31.H31268 1991

The Age of Unreason
BUS HD 58.8.H362 1989

Understanding Voluntary Organizations
DBW HD 62.6.H36 1988

Understanding Schools as Organizations
EDU LB 2805.H288 1986

The Future of Work: A Guide to a Changing Society
DBW HD 8391.H36 1984
BUS HD 8391.H36 1984

Understanding Organizations
BUS HD 31.H3127 1981

Gods of Management: How They Work and Why They Will Fail
BUS HD 31.H31268

Understanding Organizations
BUS HD 31.H3127 1976

Part II

Chapters By Charles Handy in Books in the Western Libraries
(presented in reverse chronological order)

"The Citizen Company", in Creative management, ed. by Jane Henry.
BUS HD38.C655 2001

"Governance and Federalism", in Oil change: perspectives on corporate transformation, by Art Kleiner, et.al.
BUS HD9565.K574 2000

"Trust and the Virtual Organization", in Creating value in the network economy, ed. by Don Tapscott.
Electronic Resource available through Western Libraries subscription to NetLibrary.
BUS HC79.I55C74 1999

"The Search for Meaning", in Leader to Leader: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Drucker Foundation's Award-winning Journal, ed. by Frances Hesselbein and Paul M. Cohen.
BUS HM 141.L3742 1999

"Finding Sense in Uncertainty", in Rethinking the Future: Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control & Complexity, Leadership, Markets and the World, ed. by Rowan Gibson.
BUS HD 58.8.R52 1997

"The [Actual Symbol Not Reproducible] Auction", in The Effective Manager: Perspectives and Illustrations, ed. by Jon Billsberry.
BUS HD 31.E443 1996

"Beyond Certainty", in The Relevance of a Decade: Essays to Mark the First Ten Years of the Harvard Business School Press, ed. by Paula Baker Duffy.
BUS HF 5351.R443 1996

"The Chinese Contract", in The Effective Manager: Perspectives and Illustrations, ed. by Jon Billsberry.
BUS HD 31.E443 1996

"The Numbers", in Knowledge Management and Organizational Design, ed. by Paul S. Myers.
BUS HD 58.82.K66 1996

"Trust and the Virtual Organization", in The quest for loyalty: creating value through partnership, ed.by Frederick F. Reichheld
Electronic Resource available through Western Libraries subscription to NetLibrary.

"Managing the Dream", in Learning Organizations: Developing cultures for Tomorrow's Workplace, ed. by Sarita Chawla and John Renesch.
DBW HD 58.82.L4 1995
BUS HD 58.82.L4 1995

"Types of Community", in Cities of Pride: Rebuilding Community, Refocusing Government, ed. by Dick Atkinson.
DBW HT 170.C58 1995.

"Unimagined Futures", in The Organization of the Future, ed. by Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, and Richard Beckhard.
BUS HD 58.8.O7284 1997

Part III

Chapters About Charles Handy in Books in the Western Libraries
(presented in reverse chronological order)

"Charles Handy" (Professor, London Business School, and author of The Age of Unreason and The Age of Paradox)", in Thought Leaders: Insights on the Future of Business, ed. by Joel Kurtzman.
BUS HD 30.19.T46 1998.

"Charles Handy and the Future of Work", in Management Theory: From Taylorism to Japanization, by John Sheldrake.
BUS HD 31.S442 1997

"Thinkers: Charles Handy", in The Financial Times Handbook of Management, ed. by Stuart Crainer.
BUS HD 38.15.F56 1995

Part IV

Selected Articles By Charles Handy

Handy is fairly prolific and many of his articles will be found by searching ProQuest. He began producing a regular column in Management Today in 1996 and that periodical is available in the Business Library. Listed below are 12 of his recent articles. The linked items are only assessible by students, staff and faculty members of The University of Western Ontario.

1. "Coaching from the scrum", Management Today, Aug 2002.(also in the Business Library)
2. "Growing with experience", Management Today, Sep 2000. (also in the Business Library)
1. "Shaping Your Future", Executive Excellence, Nov. 1999
2. "Subsidiarity is the Word For It", Across the Board, June 1999 (also in the Business Library)
3. "Disrupted Connections", Management Today, June 1999 (also in the Business Library)
4. "The New Language of Business", Director, Feb. 1999 (also available in Business)
5. "Corporate Center", Executive Excellence, Dec. 1998.
6. "The Doctrine of Enough", Management Review, June 1998 (also available in the Business Library).
7. "A Better Capitalism", Across the Board, April 1998 (also in the Business Library)
8. "Truths That Are Hard to Live With", Management Today, March 1998 (also in the Business Library)
9. "The Future is Now the Present", Management Today, Feb. 1998 (also in Business)
10 "Loyalty Only Comes With Respect", Management Today, Jan. 1998 (also in Business).