A Management System Exempt from Power

1. Front Matter

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2. Management and Power: Rivals

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 1-15

3. Expertise: Your First Skill

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 16-40

4. Develop Empathy:Your Second Essential Skill

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 41-66

5. Fulfil your Creative Genius!

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 67-90

6. Solving Problems without Creating New Ones

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 91-106

7. Value Conflicts: An Indication of Progress

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 107-125

8. Local Management: Surfing between Communication and Power

   • Christian Bourion

   Pages 126-129

9. Back Matter

   Pages 130-150

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The author argues that power in organizations has negative and counter-productive effects: management should be based on self-guidance and maximizing each individual's creative resources. Arguing that mangers should focus on developing efficiency, empathy and imagination, this includes questionnaires so readers can assess their management approach.

• communication
• conflict
• conflicts
• efficiency
• empathy
• learning
• management
• organization
• organizations

CHRISTIAN BOURION is Professor at the University of Nancy, France, and Director of the Commercial Institute at the University of Nancy. He is widely published and researches in the areas of decision management and organizational behaviour.

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