Beschreibung:
In Rethinking Management, Chris Mowles argues that management courses may cause as many crises as they alleviate. Taking examples of managing and leading in contemporary organisations, his book treats uncertainty as central to the task of leading and managing and explores the limits of current management theories. It provides alternatives to grids and frameworks and encourages management professionals and educators to recognise judgment, improvisation and experience are vital to good management and leadership.
Preface; Chapter 1 Why Write This Book?; Chapter 2 Consultancy as Practical Engagement in Organisational Politics; Chapter 3 Leaders, Managers and Consultants as Researchers: Using the Self as an Instrument of Research; Chapter 4 Theories of Leadership as Magico-Mythical Thinking; Chapter 5 Charisma and Passion - Visioning the Future; Chapter 6 Choosing Organisational Values, Changing Culture; Chapter 7 Choosing the Future; Chapter 8 Performance Management and Targets - Control, Resistance and Improvisation; Chapter 9 Rethinking Management Drawing on Radical Insights from the Complexity Sciences;