The case for ‘open subversion’

Abstract

Can the considerate side of human nature play a greater part in combating selfish and ruthless behaviour at work? Or is this being “unrealistic” and naive? Canon Peter Challen believes that co‐operation must replace competition if an orderly industrial society is to be achieved, and advocates “open subversion” of practices which individuals and organisations feel to be wrong. Monica Porter talks to Canon Challen and looks at the work carried out by Industrial Missions.

Citation

(1979), "The case for ‘open subversion’", Industrial Management, Vol. 79 No. 2, pp. 19-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb056916