A Management System Exempt from Power - Learning to Manage with Consideration for Others

The author argues that power in organizations has negative and counter-productive effects: management should be based on self-guidance and maximizing each individual's creative resources. Arguing that mangers should focus on developing efficiency, empathy and imagination, this includes questionnaires so readers can assess their management approach.

Table des matières

Management and Power: Rivals Expertise: Your Initial and Rational Skill Develop Empathy: Your Second Essential Skill Creative Genius: Your Third and Most Precious Skill Solving Problems Without Creating Additional Ones Value Conflicts: an Indication of Progress Epilogue: Local Management: Surfing Between Communication and Power

A propos de l'auteur

CHRISTIAN BOURION is Professor at the University of Nancy, France, and Director of the Commercial Institute at the University of Nancy. He is widely published and researches in the areas of decision management and organizational behaviour.

Résumé

The author argues that power in organizations has negative and counter-productive effects: management should be based on self-guidance and maximizing each individual's creative resources. Arguing that mangers should focus on developing efficiency, empathy and imagination, this includes questionnaires so readers can assess their management approach.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: C Bourion, C. Bourion
• Edition: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9781349280520
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28052-0
• Pages: 150
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 9 mm x 244 mm
• Poids: 309 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 150 p. 58 illus.
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Gestion; Management, B, Organization, Learning, empathy, organizations, Efficiency, Palgrave Business & Management Collection