Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable ProblemsHuman Resource Development, 1992 - 267 páginas University level text. Some complex problems simply do not have "solutions." The key to being an effective leader is being able to recognize and manage such problems. Polarity Management presents a unique model and set of principles that will challenge you to look at situations in new ways. Also included are exercises to strengthen your skills, and case studies to help you begin applying the model to your own unsolvable problems. |
Contenido
Breathing New Life Into Your Organization | 19 |
The Misunderstood Leader | 27 |
Being Right Is the Easy Step | 41 |
Crusading and TraditionBearing | 53 |
A Problem to Solve or a Polarity to Manage? | 79 |
How to Recognize a WellManaged Polarity | 97 |
Two Departments in Conflict | 117 |
Section A An Owner and a Manager Struggling with | 147 |
How Participatory Management Gets | 181 |
The Art and Science of Polarity | 225 |
Términos y frases comunes
apartheid becomes boss cerns clarity clear Community Conditional Respect connectedness crusading decentralized Decides and Tells decisions difficulty ongoing dividual downside of Individual downside of team dynamics effective effort either/or emphasis employees ethnic eustress exhaling experience Figure flexible focus four quadrants Freedom Gail goblet GROUP SYNERGY identify important Individual Responsibility Individual/Team inhaling initiative and creativity interdependent issue key polarities L+ R+ lack leader LEFT POLE look lower quadrants manage the polarity managed polarity move neglect non-work normal flow opposite pole Organization Responsibility Part/Whole polarity Participatory Management perspective Polarity Map polarity model polarity to manage Pole Myth present pole problem to solve resistance RIGHT POLE right quadrant rigid shift sister polarities situation solution Spinnaker STABILITY stuck Synergy talk tap own initiative Team Support things tion Type Unconditional uniqueness University of Toledo unstuck upper quadrant values whole picture whole polarity
Pasajes populares
Página xvii - This involves some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that it is hard to know just how long the descriptive material will be correct.
Página xviii - Polarities to manage are sets of opposites which can't function well independently. Because the two sides of a polarity are interdependent, you cannot choose one as a "solution
Página xviii - Because the two sides of a polarity are interdependent, it is not possible to choose one as a solution and neglect the other. The aim of polarity management is to get the best of both opposites while avoiding the limits of each.
Página 3 - For every complex problem there is a simple solution and it's wrong.
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