- 229 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Out of the Box Thinking for Successful Managers
About this book
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 compete against each other while these same organizations p
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Six Sigma: Or, Here We Go Again
- 2 Downsizing: The Cure That Can Kill
- 3 The Myth That Competition in the Workplace Is the Best Way to Increase Productivity
- 4 Is It Possibly Time for Management by Objective to Bite the Dust?
- 5 Get Rid of Performance Appraisals
- 6 Doing It Wrong: Or, How Can Quality Improvement Efforts Possibly Get So Screwed Up?
- 7 Doing It Right: Or, Moving Beyond the Baldrige
- 8 Who Makes the Most Productive Executive?
- 9 How to Design More Profitable Businesses
- 10 The Matter of Ethics
- 11 Replacing the Protestant Work Ethic with the Development Ethic
- 12 Training for the Modern Age
- 13 Is a Better Approach to Improving Safety Possible?
- 14 Unions: From Leadership to Playing Catch-Up
- 15 Reinterpreting the Concept of Laissez-Faire Economics
- Bibliography
- Index