Russell McCalley

Patterns of Management Power (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Management is helpless without the power to direct and control the pursuit of well-defined corporate goals. McCalley identifies six distinct patterns of power within organizations, arguing that management can and must use all of them creatively and ethically for the organization's benefit. Top-down position power is familiar, but not the only option. McCalley identifies others along with their sources, patterns of development, and common use-often abused-in recognizable management situations. Managers need to use their authority and power to drive the energy of dynamic organizations, asserts McCalley, but they must learn to do it without creating factionalism and conflict, and without subjugating subordinates. Surprising insights into the mystery of why otherwise competent managers often fail are mixed with practical wisdom for executives, teachers, and students who will one day assume positions of power. Among the book's special characteristics is McCalley's comprehensive discussion of the impacts that every type of power, authority, influence, and leadership can have, what their basic sources are, and how their structural and functional effects impact the ability to manage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313076909
• Artikelnr.: 37827695

Autorenporträt

RUSSELL W. McCALLEY is founder and president of R.W. McCalley & Associates, a management consulting firm in Sedona, Arizona. Formerly a professor of marketing and management at Arizona State University, he has held executive positions with such organizations as the Carnation Company, The Farnam Companies, Merck & Company, O.M. Scott, and ITT. Among his various publications are Marketing Channel Development (Quorum, 1992) and a college text adaptation, Marketing Channel Management (Praeger Publishers, 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface The Six Positions of Power in an Organization Introduction to Power
in an Organization Position Power The Power of Providers The Power of
Participation Presumed Power Policy Power The Power of Persuasion Power
Enhancers The Power of Structure, the Manager, and Management Power in the
Organizational Structure The Manager's Power Management's Role: Direct and
Control Manage with Power, Authority, and Style Manage People with
Authority and Power Manage Functions by Accountability When to Manage: When
to Lead Manage with Power and Style Manage Problems: Improve Productivity
The Pathology of Power Epilogue: Follow the Yellow Brick Road Annotated
Bibliography References Index