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Summary
Summary
To empower yourself as a manager is to prevent your business from falling prey to negative forces. This book shows managers how to give more power to their employees and face the reality of their organization's strengths.
Author Notes
He is a Fellow in Media Management at the University of Hertfordshire Business School, Global CBT production manager for Management Consultancy Service for PricewaterhouseCoopers and former Multimedia consultant to Shell International.
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Booklist Review
Attempting to provide an antidote to the stultifying corporate bureaucracy that plagues many U.S. companies, Block endorses the current idea of ``entrepreneurialism'' but with a difference. Hence, his book shifts from fairly traditional suggestions for overcoming bureaucracy to descriptions of how one can create an organization that expresses the individual's ``deepest values about work, achievement, contribution, and the spiritual dimensions of life.'' Block's solid analysis of thought-provoking business topics will be welcome in large collections. Bibliography; to be indexed. BK. 658.4 Organizational behavior / Organizational effectiveness / Office politics / Executive ability [OCLC] 86-45619
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| The Author Introduction: The Dilemmas of Managers in the Middle |
| Part 1 Politics in the Workplace: Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Spirit |
| 1 Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment |
| 2 Origins of the Bureaucratic Mentality |
| 3 Developing Antidotes for Bureaucracy |
| Part 2 Positive Political Skills At Work |
| 4 Creating a Vision of Greatness: The First Step Toward Empowerment |
| 5 Building Support for Your Vision: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries |
| 6 Balancing Autonomy and DepAndence: Peace with Those Around You |
| 7 Facing Organizational Realities: Continual Acts of Courage |
| 8 Enacting the Vision: The Essence of Empowerment Annotated |
| Bibliography |
| Index |
