Peter-Adrian Cohen (also known as Peter Cohen) (16.11.1939 † 07.03.2016) was an American writer. He grew up in Zürich, Switzerland, and lived in Boston.
Career
editWhile studying at Harvard Business School Cohen wrote the 1973 best-seller, The Gospel According to the Harvard Business School. It is a "sophisticated" and "negative" look at the Business School.[1][2]
He is the author of To Pay the Price, a play about Yonatan Netanyahu,[3][4] and " Verstehn Sie Mich, Herr Goldfarb" (Do You Understand Me, Herr Goldfarb?", a play.[5]
Plays
edit- To Pay the Price
- "Why Worry?"
- The Court Jew
- A Ship to Zion
- Verstehn Sie mich, Herr Goldfarb? – Do You Understand Me, Mr. Goldfarb?
- Im Namen Gottes (In the Name of God), scenic reading, about 9/11. First given in Zürich, Sept. 10, 2011 and then Sept. 11 in Bonn (Germany) and Cambridge (MA).
References
edit- ^ Managers, not MBAs: a hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development, Henry Mintzberg, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004, p. 72.
- ^ Values in teaching and professional ethics, y Carlton T. Mitchell, Mercer University Press, 1989, pp. 101-103
- ^ Play tells story of Israeli soldier, Berkshire Eagle, Aug. 29, 2006
- ^ Under pressure, New Rep cancels play, Boston Globe, May 9, 2007
- ^ In Berlin, stories of the shtetl; Giving voice to a culture of unique appeal, Yiddish theater thrives, thanks partly to a Protestant minister. Los Angeles Times, Julia M. Klein, Oct 10, 2004
