Managing People in a Downturn
eBook - PDF

Managing People in a Downturn

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

Managing People in a Downturn

About this book

A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Ability, aspiration, attitude
  10. 2 The abnormal boss
  11. 3 Achieving staff engagement
  12. 4 The annual company conference
  13. 5 Anti-management ideas on management apologetics
  14. 6 Blind dates and speed dating
  15. 7 Bridge employment
  16. 8 Business and the media
  17. 9 Changeability, malleability and adaptability
  18. 10 City survivor’s guilt
  19. 11 Cock-ups and cover-ups at work
  20. 12 Communicate, communicate, communicate
  21. 13 Conspiracy at work
  22. 14 Dark triads and toxic triangles
  23. 15 Dealing with opponents
  24. 16 Defending the self
  25. 17 The disaffected worker
  26. 18 Divergent thinking
  27. 19 Does coaching work?
  28. 20 Dysfunctional credentialism
  29. 21 Elite performers
  30. 22 Employ-worthiness
  31. 23 Engagement isn’t enough
  32. 24 The entrepreneurial spirit
  33. 25 Executive derailment
  34. 26 Four legs good; two legs bad
  35. 27 The gaff-prone CEO
  36. 28 Good advice
  37. 29 Half a mo: thin slices of behavior
  38. 30 Hire positive people
  39. 31 How management style leads directly to profit and loss
  40. 32 How to be happy
  41. 33 The identification of high-flyers
  42. 34 Implicit assumptions
  43. 35 Incentivizing presentism
  44. 36 IQ testing at work
  45. 37 Is management getting harder?
  46. 38 Life after lay-off
  47. 39 Managerial educability
  48. 40 Managerial in-experience
  49. 41 Neuro-everything
  50. 42 Nice guys come second
  51. 43 The normality of silos
  52. 44 The off-site strategy meeting
  53. 45 On the other hand
  54. 46 A paradox resolved
  55. 47 The personality of interviewers
  56. 48 Political skills
  57. 49 Process, profit and people
  58. 50 Reassuringly expensive
  59. 51 The requirements of good managers
  60. 52 Restorative justice at work
  61. 53 Sack ’em all
  62. 54 Segmenting the sat nav market
  63. 55 Selecting a prime minister or president
  64. 56 Servant leadership
  65. 57 Seven steps to happiness
  66. 58 Sex at work
  67. 59 Shapers of destiny
  68. 60 So, what is potential?
  69. 61 Strong situations
  70. 62 Superego vs. super ego
  71. 63 Taking an HR exam
  72. 64 Three journeys
  73. 65 Time at work
  74. 66 Time perspectives
  75. 67 Time-watching
  76. 68 The unethical manager
  77. 69 Value clashes
  78. 70 The valuelessness of knowledge
  79. 71 What’s the point of theory?
  80. 72 Who wants to be an entrepreneur?
  81. 73 Working abroad
  82. 74 The young CEO
  83. References