The Engaging Manager : The Joy of Management and Being Managed


Adrian. Furnham
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan , 2012
Omfang
1 online resource (227 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; A good send-off; A victim of downsizing; A work prenup; Acting the part; Action and reaction; Alumni activities; Assessing management potential; Boss intolerance; Capacity and performance; Change; Computer pains; Cupid among the cubicles; The dark side of happiness; Don't feed the trolls; Double demotivation; Early adopters; Entrepreneurial managers; Expatocracy; Fashion victims; Female negotiators; Gendered wording in job ads; Green work places; Hourly payments; How to get a job; Hypocrisy at work; I'm OK; The importance of conscientiousness. - Journeys to workLeap year antics; The marshmallow test; Motivating your staff; Mystery shoppers; Negotiation skills; Off duty; Passive aggressiveness; Pathetic prizes; Pay at work; The personalities of referees; The power of priming; Real merit pay; Relationship building; Religion at work; Retail detail; Rigor versus relevance; Safety at work; Sconceable offenses; Self-awareness; Serious assessment; Sex at work; Silo-itis; Smells at work; Splitting at work; Staff surveys; Survey results; Switching off after work; They mess you up, your supervisor and boss; Truth in interviews. - Under- and over-staffedThe undeserving rich; Why go to university?; Why change programs don't work; Willpower; Work and longevity; Workaholism; You're so vain. - In this new collection of articles on managing and being managed, Adrian Furnham, author of Bad Apples, offers an engaging and witty look into the world of being an engaging manager. Based on strong research this book offers a substantial introduction to the joy of management.
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Sjanger
Dewey
658 . - 658.4
ISBN
9781137273864

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