【2011】Managing People in a Downturn


Book 图书名称：Managing People in a Downturn
Author 作者：Adrian Furnham
Publisher 出版社：Palgrave Macmillan
Page 页数： 229
Publishing Date 出版时间：Jul 2011
Language 语言：English
Size 大小： 1.5 MB
Format 格式：pdf
ISBN: 0230298540, 9780230298545

A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style.

== Table of contents ==
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
1 Ability, aspiration, attitude......Page 26
2 The abnormal boss......Page 28
3 Achieving staff engagement......Page 31
4 The annual company conference......Page 34
5 Anti-management ideas on management apologetics......Page 37
6 Blind dates and speed dating......Page 40
7 Bridge employment......Page 42
8 Business and the media......Page 44
9 Changeability, malleability and adaptability......Page 46
10 City survivor's guilt......Page 49
11 Cock-ups and cover-ups at work......Page 51
12 Communicate, communicate, communicate......Page 53
13 Conspiracy at work......Page 56
14 Dark triads and toxic triangles......Page 58
15 Dealing with opponents......Page 60
16 Defending the self......Page 62
17 The disaffected worker......Page 66
18 Divergent thinking......Page 69
19 Does coaching work?......Page 72
20 Dysfunctional credentialism......Page 75
21 Elite performers......Page 77
22 Employ-worthiness......Page 80
23 Engagement isn't enough......Page 82
24 The entrepreneurial spirit......Page 85
25 Executive derailment......Page 88
26 Four legs good; two legs bad......Page 93
27 The gaff-prone CEO......Page 95
28 Good advice......Page 98
29 Half a mo: thin slices of behavior......Page 101
30 Hire positive people......Page 104
31 How management style leads directly to profit and loss......Page 107
32 How to be happy......Page 110
33 The identification of high-flyers......Page 113
34 Implicit assumptions......Page 115
35 Incentivizing presentism......Page 117
36 IQ testing at work......Page 119
37 Is management getting harder?......Page 122
38 Life after lay-off......Page 125
39 Managerial educability......Page 127
40 Managerial in-experience......Page 130
41 Neuro-everything......Page 133
42 Nice guys come second......Page 136
43 The normality of silos......Page 139
44 The off-site strategy meeting......Page 142
45 On the other hand......Page 145
46 A paradox resolved......Page 148
47 The personality of interviewers......Page 150
48 Political skills......Page 153
49 Process, profit and people......Page 156
50 Reassuringly expensive......Page 159
51 The requirements of good managers......Page 162
52 Restorative justice at work......Page 165
53 Sack 'em all......Page 168
54 Segmenting the sat nav market......Page 171
55 Selecting a prime minister or president......Page 174
56 Servant leadership......Page 176
57 Seven steps to happiness......Page 179
58 Sex at work......Page 181
59 Shapers of destiny......Page 184
60 So, what is potential?......Page 187
61 Strong situations......Page 190
62 Superego vs. super ego......Page 193
63 Taking an HR exam......Page 196
64 Three journeys......Page 199
65 Time at work......Page 202
66 Time perspectives......Page 205
67 Time-watching......Page 208
68 The unethical manager......Page 210
69 Value clashes......Page 213
70 The valuelessness of knowledge......Page 215
71 What's the point of theory?......Page 218
72 Who wants to be an entrepreneur?......Page 221
73 Working abroad......Page 224
74 The young CEO......Page 227
References......Page 229

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