What is management all about?
What makes an outstanding leader? And how do organisations work?
Those great issues have been
studied for decades but they confront working managers every day of their lives. In
Working in Organisations three specialists in the field have listened carefully to the
questions managers always ask; their answers are perceptive case histories which relate
academic theory to the real world. They consider the most common management problems -
joining a new company and dealing with groups, improving communications and getting the
best from people - and show how vital skills in these areas can be enhanced.
How can a manager's talents
be used within an organisation^} is only by learning to understand the structures and
power struggles in a company that a manager can make a personal impact, change its
direction and get it to function more efficiently. Indeed, 'working the organisation' may
today be the most essential technique of all. This clear and comprehensive book provides
just the combination of research and common sense that all managers will need for
guidance.