TY - BOOK AU - Block,Peter TI - The empowered manager: positive political skills at work T2 - The Jossey-Bass management series SN - 1555420192 (alk. paper) AV - HD58.7 .B58 1987 U1 - 658.4 B651E PY - 1987/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Organizational behavior KW - Organizational effectiveness KW - Office politics KW - Executive ability KW - Organization and Administration KW - Organizational Culture KW - Politics N1 - 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 ER -