02622cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500250014926400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032449001040036050000310046450801130049552013870060853400450199565300200204065300180206065300110207865300360208983001040212585600430222922867UtSlPG20260610133527.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aNourse, Alan Edward,d1928-199210aMeeting of the Board 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from The Counterfeit Man More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse published in 1963.  aRelease date is 2007-10-03  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Meeting of the Board" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of power dynamics and the consequences of union control within a corporate setting. It follows the challenges faced by Walter Towne, a vice president at the Robling Titanium Corporation, as he navigates a corporate environment transformed by union leadership.  In the story, the Robling Titanium Corporation finds itself in a crisis due to poor sales and production issues, largely a result of management’s inability to effectively lead in the wake of union control. Walter Towne is summoned by the union secretary, Daniel P. Torkleson, who confronts him with alarming production reports and threatens him with job loss. As the situation escalates, Towne and a group of discontented managers decide to go on strike, locking the company’s machines in a way that only they can unlock. This act of defiance precipitates a labor-management showdown, leading to an unexpected and chaotic board meeting where Towne seizes the opportunity to turn the tide against Torkleson and advocate for a new, balanced approach to management and labor relations. The story ultimately questions the sustainability of extreme power shifts in organizational structures and the importance of cooperation for mutual benefit. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aSatire  aIndustrial relations -- Fiction 0aProduced from The Counterfeit Man More Science Fiction Stories by Alan E. Nourse published in 1963.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22867