Social power and the CEO : leadership and trust in a sustainable free enterprise system

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Social power and the CEO : leadership and trust in a sustainable free enterprise system

Elliott Jaques

Quorum Books, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-190) and index

LCCN:2001051096

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内容説明

The power of top management is pervasive and profound. It affects the quality of economic life, but also our personal and social lives. Equally strong is its impact on the sustainability of a free enterprise system. Psychoanalyst, teacher, and management consultant, Elliott Jaques argues that great as this power is, it is being squandered, not because of what managers do but because of what they don't know. Serious misconceptions about managerial leadership—and equally serious misunderstandings of people—abound. Jaques argues that the problems inherent in the way management is practiced are attributable to gravely dysfunctional systems of managerial leadership, systems that have evolved over the years and are now, despite their ineffectualities, taken for granted. He shows how the CEO class will determine the future of free enterprise democracy, but how massive misconceptions about human behavior have undermined its capability for leadership. It's the managerial leadership systems that need changing, he maintains, not the people who implement them. The result of more than a half century of thought, observation, analysis and experimentation, Jaques' book offers a totally new and creative system of managerial leadership and a unique system of managerial organization. In doing so, it becomes essential reading for academics, students, consultants, top management, and executives on the way up throughout the public and private sectors. Jaques argues that the problem of achieving effective and sustainable managerial organizations does not lie in poor decision making, interpersonal stress, lack of innovation, greedy self-interest, and other ills and defects, although they certainly play a part. The art of management, somewhat like alchemy, is not securely grounded in science. This is its most severe weakness, and the reason why organizations have always been badly managed. He cites examples to show that management tends to blame its shortcomings and inefficiencies on other people, yet there is no research to prove that the source of managerial failure is really to be found there. People strive to do their best, he has found, but they are stymied by poor organization and systems that pitch people into conflict with each other. Jaques looks at these systems closely, particularly our current systems of compensation, and itemizes his findings, showing how the the same problems are to be found throughout industry, public service, health and services organizations, and less surprisingly perhaps, the military. He then lays out the ways in which a new system of managing operations and organizations could work, shows that it is already working in certain selected places, and provides convincing evidence that his assertions and recommendations have much to offer, as we continue to search for better, more efficient, and more productive, profitable organizations.

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Introduction: Creating the High Mutual-Trust Organization The New and Powerful CEO Class Why People Work Manager-Subordinate Accountability The Four Managerial Authorities The Nature of Time and the Measurement of Size of People and Size of Roles In Praise of Hierarchy The Cross-Functional Morass Getting the Right Person for the Right Role The Appraisal of Personal Effectiveness and Merit Strategic Planning and Alignment The Demystification of Compensation Managerial Leadership CEOs of Public Service Organizations The Light at the End of the Tunnel Some Practical Examples of Organizational Development A Word on Results Managerial Leadership and the Great Free-Enterprise Democracy Glossary of Key Concepts References Index

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