Working the Shadow Side: A Guide to Positive Behind-The-Scenes Management - Couverture rigide

Egan, Gerard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0787900117 ISBN 13 : 9780787900113

Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1994

Synopsis

Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience, Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitiveadvantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. Heidentifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect bothproductivity and quality of work life in today'sorganizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals, the interactions of the organization's social system, institutionalpolitics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skillsand strategies for mining economic value from each one.

Harness the covert aspects of your organization -- covert culture, individual idiosyncrasies, institutional politics -- forcompetitive advantage. World-renown consultant, teacher andresearcher Gerard Egan identifies five shadow side work behaviors, and details specifics for mining the economic value of each.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

GERARD EGAN is professor of organization studies and psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. He consults to a variety of organizations worldwide including The World Bank, British Airways, and Amoco Corporation and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling The Skilled Helper (4th edition, 1990).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0787900117
• ISBN 13: 9780787900113
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible