Integrative Management
Creating Unity from Diversity
Pauline Graham(Author)
Blackwell Publishers
Published on 18. April 1991
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-631-17391-5 (ISBN)
Description
As the globalization of business continues, many organization are entering joint ventures, often with foreign firms. Success in these ventures often depends less on the terms of the agreements than on the understanding between the people invloved. The problem is best defined as one of power-sharing. This book explores the options available to management for establishing partnerships in which joint activity can take place and collective responsibility develop. The author acknowledges the influence of Mary Parker Follett.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-17391-5 (9780631173915)
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Persons
Content
Business in society - the creative connection; people at work - the group factor; the managing process - relating, co-ordinating, controlling; resolving the conflict - integrating differences; growing joint power - power with not power over; leading and following - securing the future; sourcing authority and control - the law of the situation; the new managers - the societal leaders. Appendix: Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) - a brief biography.