The Bon Marche or From Needs Assessment to Action

The Bon Marche: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920

Author: Michael B Miller

In this comprehensive social history of the Bon Marché, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly dramatized. Through an original interpretation of paternalism, public images, and family-firm relationships, he shows how this new business enterprise succeeded in reconciling traditional values with the coming of an age of mass consumption and bureaucracy.

Table of Contents:

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
I	New Stores	19
II	The "Grand Magasin"	48
	Merchandise and the Mass Market	48
	Finance and Purchasing	53
	Organization	58
III	The Boucicauts	75
	Building Organization Men: The Base	77
	Building Organization Men: Management	112
	Ritualization	121
	Entrepreneurial Roles and Business Change	127
IV	The Directors	130
	Faithful Continuators	130
	Members of a Single Family	143
V	Selling Consumption	165
	An Eighth Wonder	166
	A Way of Life	178
VI	Selling the Store	190
	Ambivalence and Hostility	190
	A Model Community	215
	Conclusion	231
	Appendix	241
	Bibliography	245
	Index	259

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This sequel to the authors' shows how the results of needs assessments can be transformed into action plans for an organization and the procedures for facilitating that change. Through use of real-world examples drawn from various fields, in-depth procedures are provided for analyzing and combining different types of data, prioritizing needs, selecting and implementing solution strategies, and examining major multiple- method needs assessment studies. Includes a detailed glossary of needs assessment terms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)