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[t]imely and very relevant.The Occupational Psychologist
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Management is helpless without the power to direct and control the pursuit of well-defined corporate goals. McCalley identifies six distinct patterns of power within organizations, arguing that management can and must use all of them creatively and ethically for the organization's benefit. Top-down position power is familiar, but not the only option. McCalley identifies others along with their sources, patterns of development, and common use--often abused--in recognizable management situations. Managers need to use their authority and power to drive the energy of dynamic organizations, asserts McCalley, but they must learn to do it without creating factionalism and conflict, and without subjugating subordinates. Surprising insights into the mystery of why otherwise competent managers often fail are mixed with practical wisdom for executives, teachers, and students who will one day assume positions of power. Among the book's special characteristics is McCalley's comprehensive discussion of the impacts that every type of power, authority, influence, and leadership can have, what their basic sources are, and how their structural and functional effects impact the ability to manage.
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[t]imely and very relevant.
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Management is helpless without the power to direct and control the pursuit of well-defined corporate goals. McCalley identifies six distinct patterns of power within organizations, arguing that management can and must use all of them creatively and ethically for the organization's benefit. Top-down position power is familiar, but not the only option. McCalley identifies others along with their sources, patterns of development, and common use--often abused--in recognizable management situations. Managers need to use their authority and power to drive the energy of dynamic organizations, asserts McCalley, but they must learn to do it without creating factionalism and conflict, and without subjugating subordinates. Surprising insights into the mystery of why otherwise competent managers often fail are mixed with practical wisdom for executives, teachers, and students who will one day assume positions of power. Among the book's special characteristics is McCalley's comprehensive discussion of the impacts that every type of power, authority, influence, and leadership can have, what their basic sources are, and how their structural and functional effects impact the ability to manage.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 10 books Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: policy breakers, power enhancers, provider power, presumed power, vicarious involvement (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: Step Two, Step Four, Step Three, Kansas City, Los Angeles (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Any group of people large enough to have organized into a company, partnership, or even a club must have developed some type of hierarchy in order to accomplish objectives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
policy breakers, power enhancers, provider power, presumed power, vicarious involvement, persuasion power, supervising manager, power boosters, participation power, controlling manager, pathological use, business hierarchy, national sales manager, divisional vice president Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Step Two, Step Four, Step Three, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Fly Charmer, Catholic Church, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, West Coast New!
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Any group of people large enough to have organized into a company, partnership, or even a club must have developed some type of hierarchy in order to accomplish objectives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
policy breakers, power enhancers, provider power, presumed power, vicarious involvement, persuasion power, supervising manager, power boosters, participation power, controlling manager, pathological use, business hierarchy, national sales manager, divisional vice president Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Step Two, Step Four, Step Three, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Fly Charmer, Catholic Church, United States, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, West Coast New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Power of Balance: Transforming Self, Society, and Scientific Inquiry by William R. Torbert in Back Matter
- Managing by Objectives by Anthony P. Raia on page 196
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie on page 83
- Power in Management by John P. Kotter in Back Matter
- Information, Organization, and Power: Effective Management in the Knowledge Society by Dale Zand in Back Matter
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