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Working the shadow side : a guide to positive behind-the-scenes management / Gerard Egan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass management seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c1994.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 276 p. ; 24 cm. ; casedISBN:
  • 0787900117
  • 9780787900113
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4
Contents:
What goes on in the shadows -- What is the shadow side? The covert, undiscussed, and undiscussable things that drive your organization -- Getting attuned to the shadows -- Mining value from the shadow side -- Uncovering the economics of the shadow side -- Becoming an effective behind-the-scenes manager -- Revealing your organization's hidden culture -- "The way we do things here": a primer of beliefs, values, and norms -- Making the culture serve your business -- Managing the shadow side of people -- Personal styles: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ambiguous -- Working with personal styles and promoting productive relationships -- In-groups, out-groups, cliques, and clubs: finding value in your organization's social realities -- Positive political skills at work -- Turf, power, agendas, and resources: the anatomy of organizational politics -- How to practice positive politics -- Bringing it all together -- Making the hidden organization serve the business -- Epilogue: making chaos your friend.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 658.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 67415
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 658.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 67416
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 658.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 67417
General Lending Wicklow Campus Library Wicklow County Campus Lending 658.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 65887

CW717

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-270) and index.

What goes on in the shadows -- What is the shadow side? The covert, undiscussed, and undiscussable things that drive your organization -- Getting attuned to the shadows -- Mining value from the shadow side -- Uncovering the economics of the shadow side -- Becoming an effective behind-the-scenes manager -- Revealing your organization's hidden culture -- "The way we do things here": a primer of beliefs, values, and norms -- Making the culture serve your business -- Managing the shadow side of people -- Personal styles: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the ambiguous -- Working with personal styles and promoting productive relationships -- In-groups, out-groups, cliques, and clubs: finding value in your organization's social realities -- Positive political skills at work -- Turf, power, agendas, and resources: the anatomy of organizational politics -- How to practice positive politics -- Bringing it all together -- Making the hidden organization serve the business -- Epilogue: making chaos your friend.

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