The People Business
eBook - PDF

The People Business

Psychological Reflections on Management

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The People Business

Psychological Reflections on Management

About this book

It is often said that business is people. The bestselling author, Adrian Furnham, draws upon psychological reflections to present a critical and challenging account of perceived wisdom and management fads. In this book he scrutinises such subjects and themes as Anxiety Management, Authenticity, the Dark Side of Gift-Giving, Modern Management Styles, Performance Appraisal Systems and Work Life Balance

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781403992222
eBook ISBN
9780230510098
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Human Resource Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. The aging workforce
  6. Anxiety management or skills training
  7. Asking for a raise
  8. Atmospherics
  9. Authenticity at work
  10. The basic requirements of a business meeting
  11. Business presents
  12. The C-word
  13. Canteen capers
  14. Charismatic leadership
  15. Cheerfulness
  16. Choosing a futurologist
  17. Client gifts and what they imply
  18. Conscientiousness
  19. Critical periods
  20. Cultivating creativity
  21. The dark side of self-esteem
  22. Downshifting
  23. Education for life
  24. Engaging with staff
  25. Exiting well
  26. Faking it
  27. Family business
  28. Freudian vocational guidance
  29. Gained in translation
  30. Gap years for grown-ups
  31. Going open plan
  32. Growing pains
  33. Happy holidays
  34. Implicit learning and tacit knowledge
  35. Leadership fundamentals
  36. Leading from the heights
  37. Learning from mistakes
  38. The lessons of experience
  39. Lies, self-love, and paranoia
  40. Living on: letting go
  41. Looking the part
  42. A matter of confidence
  43. Modern management styles
  44. Motivating blue-collar workers
  45. The N-word
  46. The narcissism business
  47. Pep up your creativity
  48. Performance appraisal systems
  49. Personal development
  50. The personality of interviewers
  51. Pouring money down the drain
  52. Projective techniques
  53. Protecting your legacy
  54. The psychology of color
  55. The psychology of promotional products
  56. The public sector
  57. Redundancy and layoffs
  58. Research and policy
  59. Six of the best
  60. Space exploration
  61. Succession management
  62. Suing screeners and selectors
  63. Troubadours, minstrels, and gurus
  64. The value of experience
  65. Victims of the future
  66. What to do when the axeman cometh
  67. Whistle-blowers
  68. Who is your tribe?
  69. Why do an attitude survey?
  70. Work–life balance is for wimps
  71. Working from home
  72. Workplace romantic relationships
  73. Conclusion