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The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work - Paperback - GOOD
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- Brand
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- MPN
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- ISBN
- 9781555422653
- Book Title
- Empowered Manager : Positive Political Skills at Work
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topic
- General, Management
- Item Weight
- 14.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 252 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1555422659
ISBN-13
9781555422653
eBay Product ID (ePID)
587075
Product Key Features
Book Title
Empowered Manager : Positive Political Skills at Work
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
General, Management
Features
Reprint
Genre
Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
86-045619
Reviews
"...its advice could muster middle management's entrepreneurial spirit." ( getAbstract , August 2006)
Dewey Edition
19
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
658.3/14
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
Preface.The Author.Introduction: The Dilemmas of Managers in the Middle.POLITICS IN THE WORKPLACE: REKINDLING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment.Origins of the Bureaucratic Mentality.Developing Antidotes for Bureaucracy.POSITIVE POLITICAL SKILLS AT WORK.Creating a Vision of Greatness: The First Step Toward Empowerment.Building Support for Your Vision: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries.Balancing Autonomy and DepAndence: Peace with Those Around You.Facing Organizational Realities: Continual Acts of Courage.Enacting the Vision: The Essence of Empowerment.Annotated Bibliography.Index.
Synopsis
This guide shows managers at all levels how to develop the positive political skills they need to deal effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors. It offers practical advice for counteracting bureaucratic pressures such as depAndency, buck passing, and powerlessness, and for creating a strong vision of what an organization can become., To empower yourself as a manager is to prevent your business from falling prey to negative forces. This book shows managers how to give more power to their employees and face the reality of their organization's strengths., This is one of the most useful and clearly written books on the leading edge of management that I have read. --Warren Bennis Peter Block, the author of the classic Flawless Consulting, is a true visionary. And here he turns his sights on management. Managers and other employees who feel powerless to control their own destinies, who feel stifled by bureaucracy, who feel sapped of creativity--will feel invigorated by Block's legAndary insight.Offers practical advice to help your managers: * Empower themselves to help shape the organization * Develop positive political skills in their dealings with all levels of employees * Take responsibility for their own actions * Negotiate with their allies and adversaries * Face failure courageously...and much more Block presents ways to treat all members of the organization as entrepreneurs so that employees feel that their units are their own businesses and that they, and they alone, are in the process of creating an organization of their own choosing. Managers and other employees who pick up The Empowered Manager won't just be reading about management. They'll be harvesting timeless tips from a master of business thinking. And they'll be uncovering a road map that leads to enhanced effectiveness and job satisfaction. This is a liberating book that cuts through our rationalizations and self-deceptions to help us think about both work and life from a new perspective. --Geoff Bellman, author of The Consultant's Calling Help your managers become more confident, contributing members of your organization with guidance from a famed consultant. This guide is a perfect addition to your management and leadership development programs. Winner of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Book Award, This is one of the most useful and clearly written books on the leading edge of management that I have read. --Warren Bennis Peter Block, the author of the classic Flawless Consulting, is a true visionary. And here he turns his sights on management.
LC Classification Number
HD58.7.B58 1987
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