The empowered manager :
Block, Peter, 1939-
The empowered manager : positive political skills at work / Peter Block. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1987. - xxviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass management series . - Jossey-Bass management series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
Part 1: Politics in the workplace: rekindling the entrepreneurial spirit -- Personal choices that shape the work environment -- Origins of the bureaucratic mentality --Developing antidotes for bureaucracy -- Part 2: 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 dependence: peace with those around you -- Facing organizational realities: continual acts of courage -- Enacting the vision: the essence of empowerment.
1555420192 (alk. paper) 9781555420192 (alk. paper) 1555422659 (pbk.) 9781555422653 (pbk.)
86045619
Organizational behavior.
Organizational effectiveness.
Office politics.
Executive ability.
Organization and Administration.
Organizational Culture.
Politics.
HD58.7 / .B58 1987
658.4 B651E
The empowered manager : positive political skills at work / Peter Block. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1987. - xxviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-Bass management series . - Jossey-Bass management series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-199) and index.
Part 1: Politics in the workplace: rekindling the entrepreneurial spirit -- Personal choices that shape the work environment -- Origins of the bureaucratic mentality --Developing antidotes for bureaucracy -- Part 2: 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 dependence: peace with those around you -- Facing organizational realities: continual acts of courage -- Enacting the vision: the essence of empowerment.
1555420192 (alk. paper) 9781555420192 (alk. paper) 1555422659 (pbk.) 9781555422653 (pbk.)
86045619
Organizational behavior.
Organizational effectiveness.
Office politics.
Executive ability.
Organization and Administration.
Organizational Culture.
Politics.
HD58.7 / .B58 1987
658.4 B651E