Cheese Book Reviews Samples For Students

Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson and The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson are two books that use symbolic stories to talk educate on interpersonal relationships and organizational and management skills.
The One Minute Manger mirrors the experience of a young man who desires to learn as much as he can about being an effective manager. In his search for effective managerial skills, the young man hears of a manager in a nearby town who has a credible reputation of being very effective and who is admired by many. When the young arranges a meeting with this reputable ...

Who Moved My Cheese? deals with very serious concerns has the potential to address the gravest and most urgent issues of the instability of global economy, depletion of global resources, and the changes in the over-all global environment.

The important metaphorical elements in the story are:

The Maze – this is where one looks to find what one want: the organization or company where one works in, or the family or society one lives in.
'Cheese' – this is a metaphor for what one wants out of life: whether it's a dream job, a loving relationship, money or financial stability, personal possession, good health, spirituality or peace of mind
The ...

1. Name and describe the four main characters in the book.

The main characters are two mice, “Sniff” and “Scurry” and two little people, miniature humans named “Hem” and “Haw”.

2. The cheese is a metaphor for what? Provide some examples.
Cheese is a metaphor for what you want in life albeit a job, money, a loving relationship, etc. For example, Cheese represents the changes in life and in the end Haw finds the largest cheese wall left by his friend Hem. The foursome is lucky in the beginning to find the cheese wall in Cheese Station C. Day after day all four return to eat the cheese. The mice go looking for change because they knew that ...

Organizational Leadership and Management

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The book “Who moved my cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, despite its international fame and common recognition, appears to be quite humble and simple. An average reader can cover all 96 pages of this book within an hour. Nevertheless this is one of the most prominent works about transformational leadership and delivers the intended message in the most popular and understandable form. The extended title “An amazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life” summarizes the main topic - the change, the context – professional and personal activities as ...

“Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, M.D. is not just about the story, the back story carries meaning as well however, each element involves change, how we react and how we can help others. I think the strongest quote that most succinctly expresses the theme of the book appears on page 76 when the “Writing on the Wall” says “Move With the Cheese and Enjoy It” . There are a few additional threads that run though and weave together to make the move an enjoyable adventure instead of a fear-laden quest. One is to keep aware of your situation so you ...

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Ginzburg's book is a prime example of a micro-history that deals with the life of a seemingly unknown, and mostly, forgotten individual in 16th Century Italy. In the book, Ginzburg talks about a character named Menocchio; a peasant with a life of obscurity, but one that was filled with quite amazing and capable ideas. Menocchio was a sort of a deviant, and he had little respect for the norms established by the Church. Of course, Menochhio's behavior had him get noticed by the Church, and the book discusses the events that unfolded then in detail, including his questioning by the Inquisition, and the his ...