Managing Without Power

ISBN-13: 9780750651929 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 224 str.

R. Meredith Belbin

Opis

An analysis of the way in which the changing nature of organizations gives individuals the need to manage by influence, negotiation, leadership and the softer skills but without power. R. Meredith Belbin reviews and contextualizes the biological, social and intellectual forces that have shaped the ways in which power, influence and the roles of men and women have evolved. Looking at the key moments in our long social development, Belbin draws out the underlying forces that explain: how very early human society was regulated not through power but organic balance; why the balance of power between the sexes was radically altered as organized societies grew; what roles the new forces of communications and technology create for men and women; and that the present third era of human evolution is one of confusion and uncertainty in terms of organizational roles.

Recenzje

'I enjoyed its broad sweep, stimulating ideas and nuggets of prehistory information'
John Adair

'The 21st century need for radically new approaches to management and leadership is painfully clear. Meredith Belbin brilliantly links this need with basic human psychology to arrive at a powerfully convincing picture of the shape of things that must come.'
Robert Heller

'This book offers an intensely personal but intelligent view on where society has come from and where it might be headed. Belbin has consulted many academic sources and has managed to produce an authoritative, yet accessible book that will provoke discussion of an important, but neglected topic. Every reader may not agree with what he writes, but this polymath is always interesting and readable.'
Hadyn Ingram - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

Dr Meredith Belbin has to be the best-known name in research into team dynamics overs the last decade or so.
Stephanie Phillips, TrainingZONE,

Managing with Power is an original & provocative book with a useful message for our society and for those in management.
Business Executive

Well known management guru R Meredith Belbin, breaks new ground with this book. Typically, Belbin writes in a precise, scholarly, yet interesting manner, not only identifying problems, but also postulating solutions.
Modern Management

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction; The age of respect - In the beginning; Echoes of the past; The great migration; The age of power - The fall of Eve; Advance the conqueror; Problems for rulers; The inefficiencies of power; The age of accommodation - A change of focus; The resurrection of Eve; The genetic legacy; Gender relationships; A changing culture; A question of leadership; Two modes of management; Appendices - Commentary on cartoon themes; Icons of the prime genetic archetypes; From equality to mutuality.

O autorze

R. Meredith Belbin