02801cam a2200277 a 4500 3006042 OSt 20230906144105.0 930810s1991 enk b 000 0 eng 93189877 0712656456 DLC LC DLC HD31.K45 658 20 Kennedy, Carol. 2376 Guide to the management gurus: shortcuts to the ideas of leading management thinkers. / Carol Kennedy. London: Century Business , 1991. xviii, 174 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Action-oriented leadership: how task, team and individual overlap -- The theory and practice of strategic planning -- Developing individual potential within the organization -- Managing the values of the organization -- Managers do things right. leaders do the right thing -- Lateral thinking: 'the generation of new ideas and the escape from old ones -- Structure follows strategy in organizations -- The key to quality: reducing variation -- Primary tasks for effective managers -- Five foundation stones of modern management -- The future of work and organizations -- 'Motivation' and 'maintenance' factors in job satisfaction -- Management by objectives as a practical methodology -- Psychological and social factors in group behaviour -- Company-wide quality cannot be delegated -- The 'post-entrepreneurial' corporation: empowering individuals as a force for change -- Marketing as a key to successful business management -- How leadership styles link with business performance -- Theory X and Theory Y: authoritarian vs participative management -- The 'hierarchy of needs' in motivation -- Human relations in industry and respect for individuals -- How strategy is made and how managers use their time -- Lessons from Japanese global business strategy -- The creative use of conflict in organizations -- The 'excellence' cult and prescriptions for managing chaotic change -- Strategies for competitive change, both national and international -- Managers educating each other through 'Action Learning' -- The 'Psychological contract' between employer and employed -- Each function in a business should be a 'customer' of the next in the chain -- 'Small is beautiful': the human scale against corporate 'giantism' -- Developed the key to principle of decentralization for big corporations -- The science of work and 'functional management' -- How individuals respond to authority in organizations -- Management. 1150 Industrial management. 2377 7 cbc orignew 3 ncip 19 y-gencatlg lcc BK 10035 17535 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2023-03-21 0 HD31.K45 K/3211/0309/23 2023-09-06 00:00:00 2023-09-06 BK