rdf-syntax-grammar
mods:
  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: empowered manager
    sub title: positive political skills at work
  name:
    name part: Block, Peter
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: EBSCOhost
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nju
    date issued: 2016
    edition: Second edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  table of contents: The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work; Contents; Prologue: To Read or Not to Read; The View from the Bridge; The View from the Boiler Room; Sorry, Wrong Number; What to Expect; What Next; Introduction: Why Empowerment Now and Again; One: Managers in the Middle; Part One: Politics in the Workplace-Rekindling the Entrepreneurial Spirit; Two: Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment; The Road Most Traveled; Now You See It, Now You Don't; Choosing an Entrepreneurial Path; Maintenance Versus Possibility; Caution Versus Courage.
  table of contents: Dependency Versus Autonomy Leading to InterdependenceWhen to Play It Safe; Three: A Culture of Empowerment; The Bureaucratic Cycle; The Entrepreneurial Cycle; The Patriarchal Contract; Submission to Authority; Denial of Self-Expression; Sacrifice for Unnamed Future Rewards; Belief That the First Three Elements Are Just; Myopic Self-Interest: The Myth That Advancement and Self-Esteem Are Related; Life At the Top; Seeking Approval; Hard Cash; The Wish to Be Safe; Control At All Costs; Manipulative Tactics; Saying What We Don't Mean; God Is My Ally; Understating the Downside.
  table of contents: Communication DevicesPadding; Language That Masks Reality; The Price and the Point; Four: The Empowerment Choice; The Entrepreneurial Contract; Be Our Own Authority; Encourage Self-Expression; Make Commitments; Act on Our Interdependence; Believe That These Elements Are Just; Enlightened Self-Interest; Meaning; Contribution and Service; Integrity; Positive Impact on Others' Lives; Mastery; The Payoff; Authentic Tactics; Say No When We Mean No; Share As Much Information As Possible; Use Language That Describes Reality; Avoid Repositioning for the Sake of Acceptance.
  table of contents: Part Two: Positive Political Skills at WorkFive: Creating a Vision of Greatness; Claiming Our Autonomy by Creating a Vision; What Is a Vision and Why Is It Important?; What If We Don't Have a Vision?; The Difference between a Vision and a Mission Statement; Creating the Vision; Examples of the Choice for Greatness; Communicating Our Vision; Belief; Poetic Language; Metaphors; Specific Picture of the Future; Coaching Others in Creating Their Vision; Visions of Empowerment; Six: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries; The Critical Skills: Negotiating Agreement and Negotiating Trust.
  table of contents: Allies: High Agreement/High TrustOpponents: High Trust/Low Agreement; Bedfellows: High Agreement/Low Trust; Fence Sitters: Low Trust/Unknown Agreement; Adversaries: Low Agreement/Low Trust; Boss As Adversary; Subordinate As Adversary; Seven: Balancing Autonomy and Interdependence; Political Scripts; Profiles in Dependency; The Right Use of Scripts; Interdependence; Naming the Game; Confirmation; Contact; Temporary Protection; Learning; Autonomy and Interdependence; Finding Peace with the Boss; Boss As Banker; Boss As Board Member; Eight: Facing Organizational Realities.
  note: Peter Block.
  note: Revised edition of the author's The empowered manager, 1987.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Organizational behavior
  subject:
    topic: Organizational effectiveness
  subject:
    topic: Office politics
  subject:
    topic: Executive ability
  classification: HD58.7 .B56 2016
  classification: 658.4/095
  classification: BUS085000
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Empowered manager
    name:
      name part: Block, Peter.
    origin info:
      publisher: Hoboken : Wiley, 2016
      edition: Second Edition.
    identifier: (DLC) 2016033002
  identifier: 9781119282426
  identifier: 111928242X
  identifier: 9781119282419
  identifier: 1119282411
  identifier: 9781119282402
  identifier: 2016036814
  identifier: E625091A-44CD-4324-B9C7-3871D1D57FA1 OverDrive, Inc.
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 160809
    record change date: 20260612162052.8
    record identifier: in00004112602