Working the Shadow Side

A Guide to Positive Behind-the-Scenes Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience,Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitiveadvantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. Heidentifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect bothproductivity and quality of work life in today'sorganizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals,the interactions of the organization's social system, institutionalpolitics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skillsand strategies for mining economic value from each one. Harness the covert aspects of your organization -- covert culture,individual idiosyncrasies, institutional politics -- forcompetitive advantage. World-renown consultant, teacher andresearcher Gerard Egan identifies five shadow side work behaviors,and details specifics for mining the economic value of each.

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Utgivningsdatum1994-09-20
Mått162 x 244 x 25 mm
Vikt510 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780787900113

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Preface xiThe Author xvWhat Goes on in the Shadows1 What is the Shadow Side? The Covert, Undiscussed, and Undiscussable Things That Drive Your Organization 32 Getting Attuned to the Shadows 17Mining Value from the Shadow Side3 Uncovering the Economics of the Shadow side 434 Becoming an Effective Behind-the-Scenes Manager 55Revealing Your Organization’s Hidden Culture5 “The Way We Do Things Here”: A Primer of Beliefs, Values, and Norms 756 Making the Culture Serve Your Business 96Managing the Shadow Side of People7 Personal Styles: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Ambiguous 1278 working with Personal Styles and Promoting Productive Relationships 1389 In-Groups, Out-Groups, Cliques, and Clubs: Finding Value in Your Organization’s Social Realities 164Positive Political Skills at Work10 Turf, Power, Agendas, and Resources: The Anatomy of Organizational Politics 19511 How to Practice Positive Politics 212Bringing It all Together12 Making the Hidden Organization Serve the Business 23313 Epilogue: Making Chaos Your Friend 256References 267Index 271

"Gerry Egan's focus on the shadow side of any organization--theinformal, implicit beliefs and practices that really distinguishone organization from anotheris a valuable insight for anyone whois serious about fundamental change." --Liam Strong, CEO, Sears,PLC "This comprehensive work puts in perspective the tremAndouseconomic benefit that managers can add to their organizations bynot only recognizing the effect of the shadow side, but managing itwell. Egan addresses these subjects in a clear, comprehensive, andcommon-sense manner." --William D. Ford, president, Amoco OilCompany