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

by C. Bourion

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349280520
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/02/2016
Edition description:	1st ed. 2006
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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