Don't kill the bosses : escaping the hierarchy trap / Samuel A. Culbert, John B. Ullmen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Culbert, Samuel A.

Contributor:

Ullmen, John B., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Corporate culture.

Supervisors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Escaping the hierarchy trap

Do not kill the bosses

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The boss/subordinate relationship is an age-old problem cited in almost every management book and on-the-job survey as an area rife with dishonesty and inefficiency. All too often, subordinates spin the truth for those above while bosses fail to establish the conditions required for subordinates to tell it to them straight. The end result is warped communication, corrupt internal politics, illusionary teamwork, pass-the-buck accountability, and personal dispiriting-and the company is always the big loser.Don't Kill the Bosses! reveals the ""trap"" created when people fail to differentiate betw

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction and Executive Summary: Why Not Kill the Bosses?!; 1 Recognizing the Hierarchy Trap; 2 The Core Problem Is One-Sided Accountability; 3 Transformation 1: You've Got to Use What You Know about Human Nature; 4 Transformation 2: Politics As Usual Won't Get You There; 5 You Need a Two-Sided Accountability Mind-Set; 6 Team Effectiveness Requires It; 7 Top Levels Need to Support It; 8 Changing the Structure to Encourage It; 9 What Don't Kill the Bosses! Can Do for You: Who Benefits and How?; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; W

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613268730

9781283268738

1283268736

9781605098067

160509806X

OCLC:

751963549