Temp-Tation: An Introduction to Busyness Management

by Carol Feltman and Mark Steele

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965954609
• ISBN13: 9780965954600
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oak Leaf Systems
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Feltman's Book is more than meets the Eye

This book truly bares the tortured soul of the temporary employee, and dares to plumb the existential abysses that we temporary workers stare into each and every day. From the very first chapter, Ms. Feltman takes us on an enlightening journey through the tangled maze of temping, and prepares us for the real world of temporary employment, where we will no doubt be called upon to keep our work areas meticulously clean, log our activities religiously to expose the hopeless inadequacies of the "permies" or permanent employees, and keep the workplace tobacco-free. There is an endearing "Mommy Dearest" quality to Ms. Feltman's writing style, and her prose is less a guidebook to the workplace as it is an exploration of her own complex psyche. By focusing not on the external niceties of the workplace itself, but upon her own inner struggle for triumph over adversity in the form of sent faxes, filed papers, and transcribed letters, Carol Feltman serves as a stark signpost on the very edge of acceptable workplace behavior - an edge where most people dare not tread. By reading the book, one is transported into her inner world, where all of life's perplexing problems have quaint, embroidered solutions, and people in the workplace are reduced to their most basic, trivializing iconography. Can we truly _know_ anyone? The question is age old, and Ms. Feltman addresses it directly: we can only know that portion of another person which directly intersects with our own zone of perception and feeling, and only by addressing that portion alone, without delving into the tedious morass of the subconcious "other", can we truly hope to classify that person within our own Platonic system. Ms. Feltman's book does this almost unconciously, so that by the time the volume is complete, you are conditioned to view the world through her imaginative and analytical mind. Temp.Tation does not disappoint. The convergence of a compartmentalizing and active mind with a classic pattern of controlling influences is rendered in exquisite detail. Use it as a workplace guidebook if you must, but the underlying core aspects of "Feltmanian Psychology" go far beyond the seemingly simple exterior, and may prove to lay the groundwork for the next behavioral system, as we temps forge ahead into the next millenium.

Humorous approach to organizational behavior

A concise informative guide, addressing the basic principles of temping. Elements of organizational behavior are discussed, as well as strategies for survival and success at the worksite. The author draws upon her considerable experience to examine attitudes and conditions which affect worker-client relationships. Brief anecdotes, often sprinkled with humor, highlight her purpose. One case in point (in translation): Office decorum requires the Temp to walk brisquely and never to run through emergencies--unless, of course, you encounter a "letch." Then all bets are off. Of special note: ethical principles pertaining to various relationships between the Temp, the Client, and the Employment Agency. Issues of integrity and loyalty are forthrightly discussed. TEMPtation should be part of every Temp's orientation packet. And it should be required reading.