Power and Performance in Organizations
An Explanation of Executive Process
Iain L. Mangham(Author)
Blackwell Publishers
Published on 26. June 1986
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-0-631-13083-3 (ISBN)
Description
We are, by nature, social animals, interacting in an endless variety of situations and relationships. This book reveals how we express passions and fears within an organization. It shows us how consensus is achieved, coalitions built and dissolved, and how leaders and "stars" emerge from the footlights. The struggle for power, defined here as "the capacity to have others play parts in a drama largely of one's own construction" is at the centre of what goes on here, as elsewhere, in social life. Iain Mangham shows that it is precisely through subtle hierarchic and ceremonial role-playing that control and power are maintained.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-13083-3 (9780631130833)
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