Open AccessA Review of Grand Intentions
Author(s) -
J. Albert Holmes
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of telecommunications and the digital economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2203-1693
DOI - 10.18080/jtde.v4n3.62
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , drama , subject (documents) , value (mathematics) , dystopia , service (business) , media studies , public relations , history , political science , sociology , business , computer science , literature , marketing , law , world wide web , art , philosophy , linguistics , machine learning
Grand Intentions by Trevor Barr is an exciting read that involves many themes and works at many levels. It concerns a fictitious telephone company, Telco One, which is undergoing major change as the Government privatises it. Telco One is in the throes of moving from a traditional culture that is based on public sector, even public service, values to a commercial entity subject to the overwhelming imperative of shareholder value. The twists and turns as Telco One transforms from its previous culture into the dynamic commercial entity are transfixing. This is a must read book for those with an interest in what could become a dystopian drama if not for the emergence and re-emergence of grand intentions and praiseworthy aspirations of the characters themselves.