Out of the box thinking for successful managers

During the author's decades of experience consulting in the corporate world and teaching management theory at the university level, he has often questioned many modern-day management practices. For example, why do so many companies have evaluation and reward systems that force employees to comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Roth, William F., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : CRC Press [2015]
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009633562806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Six Sigma: Or, Here We Go Again; Chapter 2: Downsizing: The Cure That Can Kill; Chapter 3: The Myth That Competition in the Workplace Is the Best Way to Increase Productivity; Chapter 4: Is It Possibly Time for Management by Objective to Bite the Dust?; Chapter 5: Get Rid of Performance Appraisals; Chapter 6: Doing It Wrong: Or, How Can Quality Improvement Efforts Possibly Get So Screwed Up?; Chapter 7: Doing It Right: Or, Moving Beyond the Baldrige; Chapter 8: Who Makes the Most Productive Executive?
  • Chapter 9: How to Design More Profitable BusinessesChapter 10: The Matter of Ethics; Chapter 11: Replacing the Protestant Work Ethic with the Development Ethic; Chapter 12: Training for the Modern Age; Chapter 13: Is a Better Approach to Improving Safety Possible?; Chapter 14: Unions: From Leadership to Playing Catch-Up; Chapter 15: Reinterpreting the Concept of Laissez-Faire Economics; Bibliography; Back Cover