Mowles, Chris.

Rethinking management : radical insights from the complexity sciences / Chris Mowles. - Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower, ©2011. - xi, 275 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why write this book? -- Consultancy as practical engagement in organisational politics -- Leaders, managers and consultants as researchers : using the self as an instrument of research -- Theories of leadership as magical-mythical thinking -- Charisma and passion-visioning the future -- Choosing organisational values, changing culture -- Choosing the future -- Performance management and targets-control, resistance, improvisation -- Reconsidering leadership and management drawing on radical insights from the complexity sciences.

9781409429333 1409429334

2011016171

GBB156408 bnb

015804494 Uk


Management.
Leadership.
Strategic planning.
Performance--Management.
Leadership.
Management.
Performance--Management.
Strategic planning.
Management.
Strategische Planung.
Unsicherheit.
Komplexität.

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