Positive management : increasing employee productivity / Jack H. Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, Jack H.

Series:

Strategic management collection, 2150-9646.

Strategic management collection, 2150-9646

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee motivation.

Personnel management.

Labor productivity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (144 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a myth in American and other first-world business cultures that being tough and unreasonable are keys to extracting high productivity from employees, but profound economic, demographic, and cultural change are creating a workplace where that myth can no longer be believed. People who are hard to work for will face increasing difficulty in finding top-quality employees, especially highly educated ones. If your organization has this problem, it could seriously hamper the accomplishment of strategic objectives. This book explains how to use positive management (PM) as an organization-wide strategy to motivate employees, increase productivity, and accomplish organizational goals by creating upbeat and dignified relationships in the workplace. It covers the use of PM in a variety of situations, including difficult and negative ones, to achieve higher employee commitment and motivation, to lower communication inefficiencies, and to reduce absenteeism and turnover.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Positive management, strategy, and productivity

Chapter 2. Rethinking productivity

Chapter 3. Why does negative management exist and can it be reduced

Chapter 4. The emergence of positive management

Chapter 5. Why is positive management needed

Chapter 6. Positive management and motivation

Chapter 7. Positive management and organizational culture

Chapter 8. Straight talk about positive management

Chapter 9. Positive management and the day-to-day business of managing

Chapter 10. Creating a positive work environment in your organization

Chapter 11. Organizational strategy and positive management

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-128) and index.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 7, 2010).

ISBN:

9781780344119

1780344112

9781283892339

1283892332

OCLC:

650219650

Publisher Number:

1 BEP