tendency to overwrite and, at times, he doubles back over territory that he's already covered. But these are quibbles. getAbstract believes this persuasive book will alter your views about management and your fellow workers. If you supervise others and you haven't yet read it - what are you waiting for? The original book, The Human Side of Enterprise, by Douglas McGregor, was written in 1960, and is still relevant today. It brought out the discussion on how best to treat the workforce to increase productivity. McGregor outlined two basic approaches, Theory X and Theory Y. Theory X was about assuming that your workforce did not want to work, and approaching them with a "carrot and stick". Theory Y assumes that people want to be fulfilled in their work, and that by addressing that need, people would naturally increase productivity. This version of the book has been annotated with commentary by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld. The introduction talks not only of the value of the original book, but how is applies to current and future challenges. Throughout the book there are useful annotations, indicating where research or literature written since the book has picked up on a particular point. This is one of those books which I would recommend to anyone looking to study leadership or management, as a good, and very readable, grounding in the thinking about how to treat the human resource in the organisation.