FRANCOIS DUPUY is an independent consultant specialising in the sociology of organizations and has worked for some of the major corporations in Europe. He was formerly a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and an affiliate professor at INSEAD, France and Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA.

• Business in the 21st Century: Towards Simplicity & Trust Introduction Speaking the language of ideology How companies lost their grip: 'managerial sloth' and its consequences Employment and work: two sides of the same coin When fact is stranger than fiction Temporary workers, an adjustment variable How companies lost their grip Front-line managers have been sacrificed on the altar of intermediate bureaucracies Can we do things differently? Conclusion The vicious circle of work and employment Some keys to the new organisations