Managing power and people

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Author:

Seperich, George J., 1944-

ISBN:

9780765616036

Personal Author:

Seperich, George J., 1944-

Publication Information:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2006.

Physical Description:

x, 265 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Managing power -- Introduction -- Fear -- Sources of organizational power -- Overview of the power sources -- The power structure of an organization -- The power of group membership -- Usurping and assuming power -- Power and authority -- Entitled power -- Authority of resource providers: introduction -- Who are the resource providers? -- The authority of service providers -- Managing people -- Introduction to the concept of focus management -- Focus management -- The five steps of focus management -- Managing entitled power with focus skills -- The power of persuasion -- The resource of leadership in managing people -- The management action process -- Managership -- Strategy, management and power -- Managing with combined power and focus -- The power management process.

Subject Term:

Personnel management.

Organizational behavior.

Power (Social sciences)

Organizational effectiveness.

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Added Author:

McCalley, Russell W.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009570.html

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Summary

This practical text offers management students as well as professionals a comprehensive guide to an essential management function: the use of power and authority to achieve specific objectives. Incorporating numerous case studies and examples of actual management experiences in both large and small companies, the book provides an effective approach to the use of power to manage people and projects successfully without fear of conflict. The work is based on a unique blending of management and leadership, combined to create a powerful influence on employees resulting in the "managed responses" required to reach the planned objective. Building on this principle, the authors demonstrate how managers can use the different types of power effectively in a wide variety of situations. They show how to make use of an organization's established power structure, and offer step-by-step guidance on the essential concept of FOCUS Management. Including learning objectives, case studies, and discussion questions, this text prepares students to apply what is learned directly to any working environment. An online Instructor's Manual is available for instructors who adopt the book.