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Never Mind the Bosses : Hastening the Death of Deference for Business Success.
Over the last few decades, power, information and resources have moved from being concentrated in the hands of a few, to being disbursed across many. We need look no further than events on the world stage to see the heat signature of this - from the arrival of Wikileaks, the Arab Spring of 2011 and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Wiley,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: A New Dynamic for Modern Management; Terms of deference; A quick summary for busy people; Starting the change process; The SPEED model; Symbols; Psychological contract; Executive powers; Engagement; Discourse; A call to everyone and, in particular, a call to management; Chapter 2: Make My Day, Punk!; Swearing, blasphemy and other obscenities; Stencils, spray cans and cut-outs; Nietzsche would have been proud; The DIY (do it yourself) ethic; And the battle lines are drawn; How did the establishment express its anger?
- The punk movement in the cold light of dayAnd what of punk today?; Chapter 3: The Deference Contract; A brief examination of the deference dynamic; It takes two to tango; A comfortable dissonance between public and private spheres; Taking the lid off the deference relationship; And even though the deference contract lies on the floor with muddy boot prints on it . . .; An unwillingness to cede power and privilege; An unwillingness to take responsibility; Efficiency in decision-making; The allure of order; An asymmetry of knowledge; Time for a closer look; Chapter 4: The Drag Effect.
- The octopus: A metaphor for the modern operating environmentSix ways in which deference is a drag on organisational success; 1. The removal of responsibility; 2. Putting the brakes on innovation; 3. Consent and evade; 4. Deference and the ethical deficit; 5. An organisation divided; 6. An astonishing waste of talent and resources; Chapter 5: F**k You, I Won't Do What You Tell Me; The fight for individualism; Collective uprisings; David and Goliath battles; Enablers, catalysts and the means for change; Right to information laws and the transparency agenda.
- Social media, technology and the InternetDemographics, Generation Y and beyond; Chapter 6: Creating a New Dynamic; 1. Symbols; 2. Psychological contract; Understand what you are asking for; Say what you mean, and mean what you say; Show that you value what you are asking for; 3. Executive powers; 4. Engagement; 5. Discourse; How we talk and think together; Direct, level, adult-adult conversation; Like turkeys voting for Christmas?; Index.