Tools and techniques of leadership and management
Subtitle: meeting the challenge of complexity
By: Ralph Stacey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415531177; 9780415531184; 9780203115893
Subjects: Leadership; Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The theory of complex responsive processes : understanding organisations as patterns of interaction between people; title: Understanding organizing activities as the game : the social background of leadership and management activities; title: The leadership and management tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : rules and step by step procedures; title: The limitations of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : incompatibility with expert performance; title: The leadership and management techniques of disciplinary power : surveillance and normalization; title: Taking the techniques of disciplinary power to the extreme : domination and coercive persuasion; title: Institutions and the techniques of leadership and management : habits rules and routines; title: The leadership and management "techniques" of practical judgment : reflexive inquiry, improvisation and political adroitness; title: Conclusion : frequently asked questions; title: Appendix reflexive inquiry : movements in my and how i find myself thinking differently as a consequence.