The Engaging Manager [electronic resource] : The Joy of Management and Being Managed /
Furnham, A.author.
In this new collection of articles on managing and being managed, Adrian Furnham, author of Bad Apples, offers an engaging and witty look into the world of being an engaging manager. Based on strong research this book offers a substantial introduction to the joy of management.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
A good send-off -- A victim of downsizing -- A work prenup -- Acting the part -- Action and reaction -- Alumni activities -- Assessing management potential -- Boss intolerance -- Capacity and performance -- Change -- Computer pains -- Cupid among the cubicles -- Don't feed the trolls -- Double de-motivation -- Early adaptors -- Entrepreneurial managers -- Expatocracy -- Fashion victims -- Female negotiators -- Gendered working in job ads -- Green work place -- Hourly payments -- How to get a job -- Hypocrisy at work -- I'm ok -- Journeys to work -- Leap year antics -- Motivating your staff -- Mystery shoppers -- Negotiation skills -- Off duty -- Passive aggressiveness -- Pathetic prizes -- Pay at work -- Real merit pay -- Relationship building -- Religion at work -- Retail detail -- Rigour vs. relevance -- Safety at work -- Sconsable offences -- Self-awareness -- Serious assessment -- Sex at work -- Silocitus -- Smells at work -- Splitting at work -- Staff surveys -- Survey results -- Switching off after work -- The dark side of happiness -- The importance of conscientiousness -- The marshmallow test -- The personality of referees -- The power of priming -- The undeserving rich -- They f**k you up, your supervisor and boss -- Truth in interviews -- Under and over staffed -- Why go to university? -- Why change programmes don't work -- Willpower -- Work and longevity -- Workaholism -- You're so vain.
In this new collection of articles on managing and being managed, Adrian Furnham, author of Bad Apples, offers an engaging and witty look into the world of being an engaging manager. Based on strong research this book offers a substantial introduction to the joy of management.
Personnel management.
International business enterprises.
Management.
Organization.
Planning.
Industrial management.
Leadership.
Human Resource Management.
International Business.
Management.
Organization.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Business Strategy/Leadership.