Title:
Values at work : the invisible threads between people, performance and profit
Author:
Henderson, Michael, 1963-
ISBN:
9781869504717
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Publication Information:
Auckland, N.Z. : HarperBusiness, 2003.
Physical Description:
212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Putting values and business into context -- 1. Demystifying values -- 2. The benefits of values to organisations -- 3. Why the time is right -- Pt. 2. Implementing values in your organisation -- 4. Overcoming management scepticism -- 5. The strategic importance of values -- 6. Introducing values alignment -- 7. How to create values alignment -- 8. How to develop the organisation's values -- 9. Aligning beliefs around your values -- 10. Placing values in a hierarchy -- 11. Values-based decision-making -- 12. Linking values and performance -- 13. Helping people to clarify their own values -- 14. Embodying values through behaviour -- 15. Recruiting with values -- 16. Coaching using the values -- 17. Values audits -- 18. Values in practice - interviews with business managers -- App. 1. Measuring your organisation's values with 'A values inventory' -- App. 2. The 125 AVI values definitions.
Abstract:
"Values at Work is designed to guide busy managers through the concepts and processes required to successfully develop a values-based organisation. Using the experience gained from their successful consulting practice, Michael Henderson and Dougal Thompson show you how to: identify company values; encourage employees to implement those values in the day-to-day running of the business; and support employees to identity their own values."--BOOK JACKET.
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Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cons041/2003363050.html