The Unavoidable Hierarchy
eBook - ePub

The Unavoidable Hierarchy

Who's who in your organization and why

  1. 234 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Unavoidable Hierarchy

Who's who in your organization and why

About this book

The Unavoidable Hierarchy provides an analysis of why, in virtually every organization, members advance or decline in standing for reasons that have little or nothing to do with their merit. Michael Hatfield explains how this dynamic can be observed and analyzed, and insights gleaned from the analysis.

With organizations struggling to meet the aspirations of their employees; ill-equipped or patently inappropriate individuals failing in executive posts and need for businesses to be at the top of their game, The Unavoidable Hierarchy is a timely and important book for all managers, particularly those concerned with the human dynamics of the business.

Michael Hatfield draws on advancements in Game Theory, Network Theory, Organizational Behavior and Performance Management concepts to capture and evaluate the (previously unarticulated) influencing factors behind the game of corporate snakes and ladders. The resulting analysis will help you identify how these factors manifest as strategies and tactics within the organization, meaning that effective countermeasures can be derived from such an analysis.

Whilst these factors are likely to remain ubiquitous, the author's focus includes ideas and strategies for mitigating their impact and making changes at the level of both the individual and the organization.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781472462558
eBook ISBN
9781317005582
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 Everybody Wants to Rule the World
  11. Chapter 2 Where We’re Coming From
  12. Chapter 3 Where We’ve Been
  13. Chapter 4 Why We’re Headed There: It’s All in the Game
  14. Chapter 5 Instructional Voyeurism
  15. Chapter 6 The Unavoidable Hierarchy
  16. Chapter 7 On Organizational Narratives: The Stories We Know, the Secrets We Keep
  17. Chapter 8 Preparing to Play the Ranking Game
  18. Chapter 9 Playing the Ranking Game
  19. Chapter 10 Tearing Down the Organization
  20. Chapter 11 Preventing the Group’s Destruction
  21. Chapter 12 The Stories of Our Lives
  22. Chapter 13 The Stories of Others’ Lives
  23. Chapter 14 Implications for Management and Leadership
  24. Conclusion: What Have We Learned?
  25. Index