A SYSTEMATIC GUIDE TO BUSINESS- DRIVEN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Gerard Egan
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Foreword
Bernard F. Brennan
Preface
The Author
1. The Foundations of Effective Management:
A Systems Perspective
An Advanced Organizer- What Chapter One Is
About
The Crisis in Management
Crisis as Opportunity
Creating Value-Added Management
Overview of Models A, B, and C: The ABCs of
Management
Managerial Competence
The Power of Shared Models
2. A Model for Business, Organizational, and
Leadership Effectiveness
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Two Is
About
The Basic Requirements of an Enterprise
The Necessity for Working Model-. ;
Model A: Design, Facilitation, and
Assessment
3 . The Requirements of Business
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Three Is
About
Master Task One: Strategy
Master Task Two: Operations
4.. Creating an Organization That Serves the
Business
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Four Is
About
Master Task Three: Structure
Master Task Four: Human Resource Management
Systems
5 . The Pragmatics of Management and
Leadership
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Five Is
About
Master Task Five: Value-Added
Management
Master Task Six: Pragmatic Leadership
A Summary of the Uses of Model A
6 . Managing the Shadow Side of the Organization
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Six Is
About
What Is the Shadow Side?
Business and Organizational Messiness: The
Shadow Side of Model A
The Shadow Side of People
The Shadow Side of the Social System
The Shadow Side of Organizational Politics
Culture: "The Way We Do Things Here"
7. Initiating and Managing Change
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Seven Is
About
From Stagnation to Creativity
The Model B Framework
The Shadow Side of Model B
The Stages of Model B
The Shadow Side Revisited
8 . Creating a Preferred Culture: The Learning
Organization
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Eight Is
About
Metaphors for a Learning Organization
Developing a Learning Organization
Culture
The Stages of a Learning Organization
Competencies Needed in a Learning
Organization
The Shadow Side of a Learning
Organization
9 . The Way Forward: Taking Action and Adding
Value
An Advanced Organizer: What Chapter Nine Is
About
The Primacy of Model A
Possible Steps Forward
Crossing Borders: Adding Value Abroad
Targets for the Shared Models Approach
References
Index