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• catalog abstract "At first glance, the idea of "business without bosses" seems to contradict many of the bedrock ideas we have about management and leadership. Your first reaction may be "Impossible ... it'll never work!" Or: "Terrific ... I hope my boss is the first to go." What this book is about, however, is not anarchy but one of the most important developments to hit business in recent years: self-managing teams. Self-managing teams provide the way for companies to increase productivity. And quality and are an important answer to the competitiveness challenge. And Business Without Bosses provides new insights and information on how to reach these goals:. It's a second-generation book about teams. The first generation told us that self-managing teams were a good idea but provided little information about how to make them work. Business Without Bosses has its focus on implementation and provides an inside view of teams at various stages of development. Business Without Bosses provides an in-depth perspective. Each of the core chapters is devoted to the self-managing team at one organization. You'll get a realistic look at the opportunities, problems, and challenges of implementing and sustaining a self-managing team system. Examples include both manufacturing and service companies as well as how teams can work in the executive suite. A new leadership perspective shows that the idea of the all-powerful boss has gone the. Way of the dinosaur. Business Without Bosses points the way to a new form of leadership and shows that leaders, not bosses, enable teams to manage themselves to achieve productivity and quality. More and more self-managing teams are the secret weapon behind high-performing companies. And in Business Without Bosses you'll discover why.".
• catalog contributor b5321034.
• catalog contributor b5321035.
• catalog created "c1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "c1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
• catalog description "And quality and are an important answer to the competitiveness challenge. And Business Without Bosses provides new insights and information on how to reach these goals:. It's a second-generation book about teams. The first generation told us that self-managing teams were a good idea but provided little information about how to make them work. Business Without Bosses has its focus on implementation and provides an inside view of teams at various stages of development.".
• catalog description "At first glance, the idea of "business without bosses" seems to contradict many of the bedrock ideas we have about management and leadership. Your first reaction may be "Impossible ... it'll never work!" Or: "Terrific ... I hope my boss is the first to go." What this book is about, however, is not anarchy but one of the most important developments to hit business in recent years: self-managing teams. Self-managing teams provide the way for companies to increase productivity.".
• catalog description "Business Without Bosses provides an in-depth perspective. Each of the core chapters is devoted to the self-managing team at one organization. You'll get a realistic look at the opportunities, problems, and challenges of implementing and sustaining a self-managing team system. Examples include both manufacturing and service companies as well as how teams can work in the executive suite. A new leadership perspective shows that the idea of the all-powerful boss has gone the.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Boss as Corporate Dinosaur -- Ch. 1. On the Road to Teams: Overcoming the Middle Management Brick Wall -- Ch. 2. The Day-to-Day Team Experience: Roles, Behaviors, and Performance of Mature Self-Managing Teams -- Ch. 3. The Good and the Bad of Teams: A Practical Look at Successes and Challenges -- Ch. 4. The Early Implementation Phase: Getting Teams Started in the Office -- Ch. 5. The Illusion of Self-Management: Using Teams to Disempower -- Ch. 6. Self-Management Without Formal Teams: The Organization as Team -- Ch. 7. Teams and Total Quality Management: An International Application -- Ch. 8. The Strategy Team: Teams at the Top -- Ch. 9. Business Without Bosses Through Teams: What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going? -- Appendix: How to Get What You Want from Your Job.".
• catalog description "Library Journal Best Books".
• catalog description "Way of the dinosaur. Business Without Bosses points the way to a new form of leadership and shows that leaders, not bosses, enable teams to manage themselves to achieve productivity and quality. More and more self-managing teams are the secret weapon behind high-performing companies. And in Business Without Bosses you'll discover why.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 238 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0471577006 (cloth : acid-free paper) :".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "c1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
• catalog subject "658.4/02 20".
• catalog subject "Employee motivation.".
• catalog subject "HD66 .M363 1993".
• catalog subject "Industrial productivity.".
• catalog subject "Management Employee participation.".
• catalog subject "Self-directed work teams.".
• catalog subject "Teams in the workplace.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Boss as Corporate Dinosaur -- Ch. 1. On the Road to Teams: Overcoming the Middle Management Brick Wall -- Ch. 2. The Day-to-Day Team Experience: Roles, Behaviors, and Performance of Mature Self-Managing Teams -- Ch. 3. The Good and the Bad of Teams: A Practical Look at Successes and Challenges -- Ch. 4. The Early Implementation Phase: Getting Teams Started in the Office -- Ch. 5. The Illusion of Self-Management: Using Teams to Disempower -- Ch. 6. Self-Management Without Formal Teams: The Organization as Team -- Ch. 7. Teams and Total Quality Management: An International Application -- Ch. 8. The Strategy Team: Teams at the Top -- Ch. 9. Business Without Bosses Through Teams: What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going? -- Appendix: How to Get What You Want from Your Job.".
• catalog title "Business without bosses : how self-managing teams are building high-performing companies / Charles C. Manz, Henry P. Sims, Jr.".
• catalog type "text".