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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.03.1997

Verlag

Simon & Schuster N.Y.

Seitenzahl

172

Maße (L/B/H)

21,6/14/1,1 cm

Gewicht

195 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-684-83044-5

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.03.1997

Verlag

Simon & Schuster N.Y.

Seitenzahl

172

Maße (L/B/H)

21,6/14/1,1 cm

Gewicht

195 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-684-83044-5

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Contents

    Foreword by Michael Crichton

    Introduction: Embracing Paradox and Absurdity

    PART ONE

    A Different Way of thinking

    1. The Opposite of a Profound Truth Is Also True

    2. Nothing Is as Invisible as the Obvious

    PART TWO

    The "Technology" of Human Relation

    3. The More Important a Relationship, the Less Skill Matters

    4. Once You Find a Management Technique That Works, Give It Up

    5. Effective Managers Are Not in Control

    6. Most Problems That People Have Are Not Problems

    7. Technology Creates the Opposite of Its Intended Purpose

    8. We Think We Invent Technology, but Technology Also Invents Us

    PART THREE

    The Paradoxes of Communication

    9. The More We Communicate, the Less We Communicate

    10. In Communication, Form Is More Important Than Content

    11. Listening Is More Difficult Than Talking

    12. Praising People Does Not Motivate Them

    PART FOUR

    The Politics of Management

    13. Every Act Is a Political Act

    14. The Best Resource for the Solution of Any Problem Is the Person or Group That Presents the Problem

    PART FIVE

    Organizational Predicaments

    15. Organizations That Need Help Most Will Benefit from It Least

    16. Individuals Are Almost Indestructible, but Organizations Are Very Fragile

    17. The Better Things Are, the Worse They Feel

    PART SIX

    Dilemmas of Change

    18. We Think We Want Creativity or Change, but We Really Don´t

    19. We Want for Ourselves Not What We Are Missing, but More of What We Already Have

    20. Big Changes Are Easier to Make Than Small Ones

    21. We Learn Not from Our Failures but from Our Successes -- and the Failures of Others

    22. Everything We Try Works, and Nothing Works

    23. Planning Is an Ineffective Way to Bring About Change

    24. Organizations Change Most by Surviving Calamities

    25. People We Think Need Changing Are Pretty Good the Way They Are

    PART SEVEN

    The Aesthetics of Leadership

    26. Every Great Strength Is a Great Weakness

    27. Morale Is Unrelated to Productivity

    28. There Are No Leaders, There Is Only Leadership

    29. The More Experienced the Managers, the More They Trust Simple Intuition

    30. Leaders Cannot Be Trained, but They Can Be Educated

    31. In Management, to Be a Professional One Must Be an Amateur

    PART EIGHT
    Avoiding the Future

    32. Lost Causes Are the Only Ones Worth Fighting For

    33. My Advice Is Don´t Take My Advice

    Acknowledgments