Person-Centered Leadership: An American Approach to Participatory Management - Brossura

M. Plas, Jeanne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803959990 ISBN 13: 9780803959996

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1996

Riassunto

Why hasn't Total Quality Management (TQM) worked as well in the United States as it has in other countries? In the US employees seem to prefer recognition of individual achievement over recognition of the work team. Could the North American cultural emphasis on the individual be a crucial factor?

This book demonstrates that the recent participatory management failures are the result of a lack of appreciation for the cultural role of rugged individualism, and offers an alternative, person-centred leadership which puts the individual at the very centre of the management approach. The author presents effective, psychology-based, person-centred management techniques through the use of examples and cases, many of them drawn fro

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Contenuti:

Leadership Person By Person
An Introduction
PART ONE: PERSON-CENTERED LEADERSHIP: THE FUNDAMENTALS, THE PAST, THE FUTURE
Wholeness at Work
Hearts, Hands, Spirits, Minds
Historical Perspectives on the Relationship of the Individual to the Corporate Organization
Teamwork and Individualism
The Changing Culture
The Context for Business
PART TWO: PERSON-CENTERED LEADERSHIP: THE BASICS, THE VARIATIONS, THE CORPORATE CHIEFS WHO MAKE IT WORK
Person-Centered Leaders
An Introduction to the Uniqueness and the Methodology
James X Mullen
Founder and President, Mullen Advertising, Wenham, Massachusetts
Dean Kamen
Founder and President, DEKA Research and Development, Manchester, New Hampshire
Robert S Davis
Founder and President, Seaside Development Corporation, Seaside, Florida
Leading Person by Person
Multiple Variations on the Theme
PART THREE: MAKING THE CHANGES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Possibilities for Transformation
Person-Centered Strategies
The Focus on You
Person-Centered Strategies
The Focus on Associates

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• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0803959990
• ISBN 13: 9780803959996
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 264