Charles C. Manz, Henry P. Sims

Business Without Bosses

How Self-Managing Teams Are Building High- Performing Companies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Truth About Teams
"If you re considering self-managing teams for your ownbusiness, Business Without Bosses should be on your readinglist."
- Managing Office Technology

"Anyone who wants to become or stay a manager needs to masterthis book s practical and philosophical lessons."
- Allan R. Cohen Vice President, Academic Affairs,Babson College and author, The Portable MBA in Management andInfluence without Authority

"The real-world case studies will appeal to executives whoneed answers, not theory, about self-managed teams."
- William Band Vice President, Rath & Strong, Inc.,management consultants and the author of Creating Value forCustomers and Touchstones

This insider s tour shows you how organizations including TexasInstruments, IDS Financial Services, and W. L. Gore &Associates have discarded the old concept of "boss" and flourishedwith a new and effective team management style. Charles C. Manz,Ph.D. and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Ph.D., the authors of SuperLeadership , use real-world examples of success andfailure to guide you through the intricacies of teamwork in avariety of service and manufacturing settings and in all stages ofdevelopment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780471127253
• ISBN-10: 0471127256
• Artikelnr.: 21955633

Autorenporträt

CHARLES C. MANZ, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University. He is coauthor of SuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves and the author of Mastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence. HENRY P. SIMS, Jr. Ph.D., is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Maryland. He is coauthor of SuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves, The New Leadership Paradigm, and The Thinking Organization.

Inhaltsangabe

Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Boss as Corporate Dinosaur. On the Road to Teams:
Overcoming the Middle Management Brick Wall. The Day-to-Day Team
Experience: Roles, Behaviors, and Performance of Mature Self-Managing
Teams. The Good and the Bad of Teams: A Practical Look at Successes and
Challenges. The Early Implementation Phase: Getting Teams Started in the
Office. The Illusion of Self-Management: Using Teams to Disempower.
Self-Management Without Formal Teams: The Organization as Team. Teams and
Total Quality Management: An International Application. The Strategy Team:
Teams at the Top. Business Without Bosses Through Teams: What Have We
Learned? Where Are We Going?. Appendix. Endnotes. Index.