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1 online resource. |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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text file |
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J-B Warren Bennis Series ; [bk. 176] |
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Benfari, Robert C.
J-B Warren Bennis Series ; bk. 176.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
An update of the classic book that reveals the 6 keys to successful managementIn this new edition of his best-selling book, Robert Benfari explains that the best mangers are not born that way but share a mix of characteristics that can be analyzed, understood, and most importantly changed. He identifies the six characteristics of successful managers (Psychological Type; Needs/Motivation; Use of Power; Conflict Style; Our Basic Values; and Our Reaction to Stress) and uses these building blocks to show how anyone can use personality-specific strategies for resolving conflicts, solving problems, managing stress, handling difficult situations at work, and positively influencing others. Includes a proven pathway for becoming an effective managerContains new information on management style and leadership, human nature and neuroscience, and the dark side of managementIncludes a self-assessment for each of the six building blocks to successful managementThis research-based book offers the tools leaders need to improve their management style and succeed in the workplace. |
| Contents |
Additional Content Available Online; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; About the Author; Introduction: What Leaders and Managers Need to Know About Human Nature; A Model of Human Nature; How the Brain Works and Constraints on Productivity; The Role of Emotion; Cognitive Flaws; The Six Building Blocks of Management Style; Putting It All Together; Chapter One: Assumptions, Perceptions, and Feelings; The Basis of Our Assumptions, Perceptions, and Feelings; How We Know What We Know; Assumptions: What We Take for Granted; Perception: How We Interpret Experience. |
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Feelings: How We React to our PerceptionsAssumptions, Perceptions, and Feelings at Work: A Case Study; Changing Your Mind Changes Everything; Using Coping Mechanisms; Countering Negative Thoughts and Beliefs; Shifting your Perceptions as a Manager; Cognitive Restructuring and the Elements of Management Style; Conclusion; PRE -- CHAPTER 2 ACTIVITY: What Is My Psychological Type?; Chapter Two: Psychological Type; The Background; The Model; Using the Sixteen MBTI Types in Management; Strengthening and Developing Psychological Type; A Case of Balancing Psychological Type. |
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Psychological Type and Key Management ActivitiesPsychological Type and Values; PRE -- CHAPTER 3 ACTIVITY: What Are My Needs?; Chapter Three: Needs; The Need for Needs; The Big Three: Overall Management Needs; More than the Sum: Combinations of Overall Management Needs; Managing Up and Down: Boss-Subordinate Needs; When Needs Collide: Fusion and Crossed Signals; Needs and the Psychological Types; A Case of Restructuring Needs; Conclusion; PRE -- CHAPTER 4 ACTIVITY: What Are My Power Bases?; Chapter Four: The Bases of Power; The Manager's Power Bases; Effective Use of Power. |
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The Hermes Case-Misperceptions and PowerConclusion; PRE -- CHAPTER 5 ACTIVITY: What Is My Conflict Style?; Chapter Five: Conflict; Sources of Conflict in Organizations; Styles of Managing Conflict; What it Takes to Handle the Tasks of Conflict Resolution; Crisis at Ultra University: A Case in Point; Chapter Six: Values; Where do Values Come From?; Managers' Primary Values: Are They Enough?; Examining Our Assumptions About Life; Clarifying What's Most Important; Organizational Values: The Ideal and the Real; Clarifying Values in the Organization; Comparisons of Values Among Managerial Samples. |
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Another View of Values: A Global Existential ApproachPRE -- CHAPTER 7 ACTIVITY: What Is My Stress Quotient?; Summary of the Stress Assessments; Chapter Seven: Stress; Challenges and Threats: Rethinking Stress; Stress at Work; Relaxation Techniques; Organizational Pains in the Neck: Stress Carriers; The Psychological Types and Stress; Coping Patterns for Stress Reduction: A Case Study; Conclusion; Chapter Eight: Management Scenarios; PHIL, CARLO, and LOIS; Luxor Case-Needs and Power; PHIL, CARLO, and LOIS Revisited; Luxor Case Conclusion; Chapter Nine: Integration of the Building Blocks. |
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Executive ability.
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Management.
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Aptitude pour la direction. |
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Gestion. |
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management. |
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Executive ability |
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Management |
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Business |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Benfari, Robert. Understanding and changing your management style. Second edition. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, [2013] 9781118399460 (DLC) 2013008542 |
| ISBN |
9781118417690 (epub) |
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1118417690 (epub) |
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9781118422076 (pdf) |
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1118422074 (pdf) |
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9781118626900 (mobipocket) |
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1118626907 (mobipocket) |
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(pbk.) |
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9781118417690 |
| Music No. |
EB00058931 Recorded Books |
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