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Douglas McGregor, Revisited

Gary Heil

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Description for Douglas McGregor, Revisited Hardcover. The words of Douglas McGregor, one of the fore-fathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time, cannot and should not be ignored. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
The words of Douglas McGregor, one of the fore-fathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time, cannot and should not be ignored. McGregor's vision of a more humanistic workplace may not have been widely accepted over three decades ago, but technological advancements that McGregor himself anticipated have paradoxically helped companies become more human. Viewing employees not as cogs in the machine but as living beings with individual goals-what McGregor called "the human side of the enterprise"-has proven to provide a remarkable competitive advantage.
Now, with the rise of the networked economy, the growing ... Read morepower of frontline workers, and the shift in power from mass producer to individual consumer, authors Gary Heil, Warren Bennis, and Deborah Stephens assert that McGregor's ideas are more important and relevant than ever before.
Douglas McGregor, Revisited emphasizes McGregor's lasting influence and updates his thinking with new concepts, fresh strategies, and modern implementation. This timely work traces McGregor's original thinking, which has emerged in current approaches that stress distributed leadership, open-minded appraisal techniques, and employee/customer commitment.
Highlighted throughout with gems of wisdom in McGregor's own words, the book describes the value of his theories for today's managers. The authors carefully outline how to put McGregor's thinking into practice in your own business so you can:
* Devise a better performance management system
* Form and supervise effective management teams
* Build cooperation instead of internal competition
* Cultivate an intrinsically motivating, values-driven workplace
* Create a cause worthy of employee commitment
Also featured are examples from a host of companies and leaders who have flourished under McGregor's approach. Authoritative and highly instructive, Douglas McGregor, Revisited offers new generations of managers important lessons from history and from the field.
Praise for Douglas McGregor, Revisited
"This book revisits in a contemporary manner the most important question facing management today: given what we know about human nature, how should work be managed so as to unleash the vast creative potential of human beings? The evidence is overwhelming that many people either come to an organization or can be appropriately led to exhibit the behavior McGregor characterized as 'Theory Y.' This book provides a 'how-to' approach for developing people at work and for establishing high performance organizations."-Joseph A. Maciariello, Horton Professor of Management
Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University and Claremont McKenna College. Author of Lasting Value: Lessons from a Century of Agility at Lincoln Electric
Douglas McGregor's seminal works, The Human Side of the Enterprise and The Professional Manager, debunked Taylorism and described a revolutionary way to manage people. He was the first to apply the findings in behavioral science to the world of business. Based on what had been learned about human behavior, McGregor explored the implications of managing people in a different manner than tradition dictated.
The nature of work today makes McGregor's ideas more relevant than ever before. This important book applies his thinking to today's business world, proving again that the human aspect of work is crucial to organizational effectiveness. It also suggests how you can change your thinking and implement his ideas in your own business and workplace. Show Less

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Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc United States

Number of pages

196

Format

Hardback

Publication date

2000

Condition

New

Weight

506g

Number of Pages

208

Place of Publication

New York, United States

ISBN

9780471314622

SKU

V9780471314622

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About Gary Heil

GARY HEIL and DEBORAH C. STEPHENS are cofounders of the Center for Innovative Leadership. They are the coauthors of One Size Fits One and collaborators on Maslow On Management. Heil is also the author of Leadership and the Customer Revolution. WARREN BENNIS is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and a consultant to ... Read more

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"Amid the hype accompanying the launch of new business books, one title towers above the rest. Douglas McGregor, Revisited aims to make the work of one of the great management thinkers accessible to a new generation. The timing could not be better.... To disregard McGregor's work is to ignore the central dilemma of management." (The Times, September, 2000) "It ... Read more

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