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Games at Work

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Description for Games at Work Hardcover. How managers can put the breaks on needless games before they spiral out of control This groundbreaking book gives managers the tools to "diagnose" the games that people play in an organization--Gotcha, Gossip, Blame, Pecking Order--and shows how to free people's energy for more productive purposes. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.

AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED together, they have engaged in political games. Motivated by short-term gains—promotions, funding for a project, budget increases, status with the boss—people misuse their time and energy. Today, when many organizations are fighting for their lives and scarce resources there is increased stress and anxiety, and employees are engaging in games more intensely than ever before.

Organizational experts Mauricio Goldstein and Philip Read argue that office games—those manipulative behaviors that distract employees from achieving their mission—are both conscious and unconscious. They can and should be effectively minimized. In Games at Work, the authors offer tools ... Read more

  • GOTCHA: identifying and communicating others' mistakes in an effort to win points from higher-ups
  • GOSSIP: engaging in the classic rumor mill to gain political advantage
  • SANDBAGGING: purposely low-balling sales forecasts as a negotiating ploy
  • GRAY ZONE: deliberately fostering ambiguity or lack of clarity about who should do what to avoid accountability

Filled with real-world, entertaining examples of games in action, Games at Work is an invaluable resource for managers and all professionals who want to substitute straight talk for games in their organizations and boost productivity, commitment, innovation, and—ultimately—the bottom line.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470262009
SKU
V9780470262009
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Mauricio Goldstein
Mauricio Goldstein is the founder of Pulsus Consulting Group. His passion is to catalyze organizational transformations by creating a deeper connection of people and organizations to their essence. Mauricio has applied his innovative approach to a number of Fortune 500 companies, such as AstraZeneca, Cargill, J&J, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Sodexo, and Schering-Plough, in Latin America, North America, Europe, and Africa. ... Read more

Reviews for Games at Work
"There's nothing funny about mind games in the workplace, say the authors of this sober-minded guide to understanding underhanded office maneuvers. Simply waking up to games people play and rejecting them is a big part of the battle for executives, say the authors." —Andrea Sachs, TIME magazine, April 30, 2009

Goodreads reviews for Games at Work


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