The New Boss

Niklas Luhmann

Edited and with an Afterword by Jürgen Kaube Translated by Peter Gilgen and Michael King











First published in German as Der neue Chef © Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin, 2016

This English edition © Polity Press, 2018

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-1791-6

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927–1998, author.
Title: The new boss / Niklas Luhmann.
Other titles: Neue Chef. English
Description: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018006093 (print) | LCCN 2018007714 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509517916 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509517879 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509517886 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Organizational sociology.
Classification: LCC HM711 (ebook) | LCC HM711 .L8413 2018 (print) | DDC 302.3/5--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018006093

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