Breakaway Management : Overcoming Dysfunction in the WorkPlace [Paperback]

Tom E. Jones (Author)

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Review

Breakaway Management is out of print. The revised title IF IT'S BROKEN YOU CAN FIX IT Overcoming Dysfunction In The Workplace (ISBN 081440460X) contains a collection of proven strategies to restore functionality to an organization and the people it employs. The updated edition is "must reading" for employees who finds themselves in a "crazy" workplace with "bozo bosses" and "toxic coworkers." IF IT'S BROKEN, YOU CAN FIX IT offers a set of management practices that reinforce functional behaviors, put a stop to dysfunctional practices, and help those who feel stuck in the middle to make the right choices. -- The author, Tom E. Jones, contact [e-mail]

Breakaway Management: Overcoming Dysfunction In The Workplace provides a collection of proven strategies to restore functionality to an organization and the people it employs. Breakaway Management offers a set of management practices which reinforces functional behaviors, putting a stop to dysfunctional practices, and helping mangers (who often feel stuck in the middle) to make the right choices. Breakaway Management is "must reading" for anyone involved with or assigned to management responsibilities at any level. -- Midwest Book Review

From the Author

This edition is currently out-of-print. A new, revised edition is available under the title "If It's Broken, You Can Fix It: Overcoming Dysfunction in the Workplace" (ISBN 081440460X). --Tom E. Jones

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Eclectic Pub Inc (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964908018
• ISBN-13: 978-0964908017
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,654,528 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tools which help take the "dys" out of dysfunction, February 15, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Breakaway Management : Overcoming Dysfunction in the WorkPlace (Paperback)

Breakaway Management articulates what's true about workplace behaviors: all people have them and they are less than ideal. People bring along their less than ideal histories (Managers are people too!) and create barriers to change that keep organizations or work groups stuck. The dysfunctional patterns can be identified and named, openly dealt with, and constructively managed. The tools provided in this book help to talk about what's real in the workplace and that's a common sense approach that experience teaches works well

5.0 out of 5 stars The fix-it that gets at the heart of organizational failure, January 26, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Breakaway Management : Overcoming Dysfunction in the WorkPlace (Paperback)

Finally, the fix-it for dealing with those "people problems" that ultimately cause organizational ineffectiveness and failure! Dr. Jones spends just enough time outlining the origins of dysfunction and the widespread impact of dysfunction to convince any business person that it is this dysfunction we must focus on first in our organizations--and not our structures or policies or procedures. Throughout his book, Dr.Jones develops the pathway for any manager to deal respectfully and responsibly with dysfunctional behaviors. No matter how rampant the dysfunction in your workplace, Dr. Jones has beautifully and practically developed the "way out" for managers so they can implement and foster the "way back" into functional behaviors which, ultimately, creates the "way to" organizational success.

5.0 out of 5 stars A practical outline for positive organizational change, January 18, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Breakaway Management : Overcoming Dysfunction in the WorkPlace (Paperback)

Very insightful;full of useful strategies and information. Dr. Jones style is humorous and very down-to-Earth. Chapter 5 was a real eye-opener. I now have a better sense of how to approach discussion of the issues we've been avoiding for so long. Our Thursday morning staff meetings will never be the same. If you supervise 1 or 1,000 people, this book is for you!! John A. Wilson, Area Group Manager, DMS. Inc., California