Working the Shadow Side: A Guide to Positive Behind-The-Scenes Management Hardcover - 1994
by Gerard Egan
Special favors, broken rules, political promotions, and undiscussed firings all take place behind the scenes of most organizations. These "shadow side" arrangements are often overlooked and rarely discussed. Egan contends that managers who understand the "shadow side" currents moving below the surface can better manipulate those currents to their advantage. Here, he identifies the categories of behavior that affect both productivity and quality of work life. Index.
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This practical "starter kit" shows how to identify, manage, and benefit from the activities that happen below the surface of an organization. It is valuable reading for managers, consultants, and employees alike.
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Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practical "starter kit" that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain value from the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawing on his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience, Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitive advantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. He identifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect both productivity and quality of work life in today's organizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals, the interactions of the organization's social system, institutional politics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skills and strategies for mining economic value from each one.Harness the covert aspects of your organization -- covert culture, individual idiosyncrasies, institutional politics -- for competitive advantage. World-renown consultant, teacher and researcher Gerard Egan identifies five "shadow side" work behaviors, and details specifics for mining the economic value of each.
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- Title Working the Shadow Side: A Guide to Positive Behind-The-Scenes Management
- Author Gerard Egan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Jossey-Bass, San Francisco
- Date 1994-10-28
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780787900113 / 0787900117
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.31 x 6.28 x 1.01 in (23.65 x 15.95 x 2.57 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Corporate culture, Management
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94026576
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.4
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- Booklist, 10/01/1994, Page 218
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