Managing with power : politics and influence in organizations /

Although much has been written about how to make better decisions, a decision by itself changes nothing. The big problem facing managers and their organizations today is one of implementation--how to get things done in a timely and effective way. Stanford Business School Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer ar...

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Main Author: Pfeffer, Jeffrey
Format: Book
Published: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1992.
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Online Access:https://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht004284431.PDF
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245 1 0 |a Managing with power :  |b politics and influence in organizations /  |c Jeffrey Pfeffer. 
260 |a Boston, Mass. :  |b Harvard Business School Press,  |c c1992. 
300 |a viii, 391 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-377) and index. 
505 0 |a Decisions and implementation -- When is power used? -- Diagnosing power and dependence -- Where does power come from? -- Resources, allies, and the new golden rule -- Location in the communication network -- Formal authority, reputation, and performance -- The importance of being in the right unit -- Individual attributes as sources of power -- Framing : how we look at things affects how they look -- Interpersonal influence -- Timing is (almost) everything -- The politics of information and analysis -- Changing the structure to consolidate power -- Symbolic action : language, ceremonies, and settings -- Even the mighty fall : how power is lost -- Managing political dynamics productively -- Managing with power. 
520 |a Although much has been written about how to make better decisions, a decision by itself changes nothing. The big problem facing managers and their organizations today is one of implementation--how to get things done in a timely and effective way. Stanford Business School Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer argues that problems of implementation are really issues of how to influence behavior, change the course of events, overcome resistance, and get people to do things they would 
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650 0 |a Decision making. 
650 0 |a Power (Social sciences) 
650 0 |a Organizational behavior. 
856 |u https://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht004284431.PDF 
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