Working the Shadow Side
Gerard Egan
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Description for Working the Shadow Side
Hardcover. This title offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practical starter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain value from the below-the surface activities in an organisation. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience,Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitiveadvantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. Heidentifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect bothproductivity and quality of work life in today'sorganizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals,the interactions of the organization's social system, institutionalpolitics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skillsand strategies for mining economic value from each one.
Harness the covert aspects of your ... Read more
Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience,Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitiveadvantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. Heidentifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect bothproductivity and quality of work life in today'sorganizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals,the interactions of the organization's social system, institutionalpolitics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skillsand strategies for mining economic value from each one.
Harness the covert aspects of your ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787900113
SKU
V9780787900113
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Ref
99-50
About Gerard Egan
GERARD EGAN is professor of organization studies and psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. He consults to a variety of organizations worldwide including The World Bank, British Airways, and Amoco Corporation and is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling The Skilled Helper (4th edition, 1990).
Reviews for Working the Shadow Side
"Gerry Egan's focus on the shadow side of any organization
theinformal, implicit beliefs and practices that really distinguishone organization from anotheris a valuable insight for anyone whois serious about fundamental change."
Liam Strong, CEO, Sears,PLC "This comprehensive work puts in perspective the tremAndouseconomic benefit that managers can add to their organizations bynot only recognizing the effect of the ... Read more
theinformal, implicit beliefs and practices that really distinguishone organization from anotheris a valuable insight for anyone whois serious about fundamental change."
Liam Strong, CEO, Sears,PLC "This comprehensive work puts in perspective the tremAndouseconomic benefit that managers can add to their organizations bynot only recognizing the effect of the ... Read more