Overview
- Proposes a new paradigm of management designed to support the aspirations of organizations while meeting societies’ greatest needs
- Examines the consequences of management behavior in relation to the existing and alternative paradigms
- Addresses the evolving requirements of 21st century organizations and the realities of managing for collaboration and high levels of achievement
- Defines a process and illuminates a pathway to effective change and growth
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Roots and Consequences of Organizational and Management Dysfunction
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Rethinking Management: An Alternative View
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book sets forth a more optimistic understanding of human nature and collective life, and the hope that we can be and do better. It is a major contribution to the field of management and will benefit academics, managers, and consultants working in the fields of organizational development and strategic change.
Reviews
“In their latest book, Neil Douglas and Terry Wykowski provide a compelling analysis of the factors and forces that lead to management failure. The roots of dysfunction are varied but benefit from clinical dissection to identify common and repeated themes. A different and improved approach – a new paradigm – is proposed based upon behavioral theory and more clearly defined management purpose. All interested in the theory of leadership and improved management will find this analysis fascinating and useful.” (Andrew Hamilton, President, New York University)
“I learned a great deal about the anthropology of management through Douglas and Wykowsi’s new book, Rethinking Management. It was intriguing to see culture, symbols, language and patterns of behavior expressed in the two management paradigms presented. The arguments for a new paradigm were compellingand soundly based on research in multiple disciplines and pulled together brilliantly!” (David Julian Hodges, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College,City University of New York)
“Rethinking Management: Confronting the Roots and Consequences of Current Theory and Practice explores the cultural undercurrents and entrenched practices which contribute to mediocrity and dysfunction within modern organizations. In confronting these failures the book presents an alternative paradigm, which encourages radical change in corporate structure and thinking and replaces the outdated model of an omnipotent management and an acquiescent workforce. The authors have forensically dissected conventional management structure (theory and practice) to expose its weaknesses and flaws, and then used their considerable expertise to construct a model which is at the same time more effective, flexible and better suited to modern challenges.” (Marc Bullock, M.D., Ph.D., Southampton University Hospital, NHS Trust, Fulbright Fellow in Cancer Research)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Neil Douglas and Terry Wykowski are principals of the Oxford Consulting Group in Houston, Texas. They are authors of From Belief to Knowledge: Achieving and Sustaining an Adaptive Culture in Organizations and Beyond Reductionism: Gateways for Learning and Change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking Management
Book Subtitle: Confronting the Roots and Consequences of Current Theory and Practice
Authors: Neil Douglas, Terry Wykowski
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41902-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41901-5Published: 31 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82459-8Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41902-2Published: 23 January 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 274
Number of Illustrations: 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Organization, Business Ethics