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Business Feel

From the Science of Management to the Philosophy of Leadership

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. In the Cracks of Conventions

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 1-5

  3. Philosophical Experiences

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 6-17

  4. Managers and Leaders: The Unnamed Philosophers

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 18-30

  5. Unmasking Management Theoreticians

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 31-43

  6. From a Science to a Philosophy of Management

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 44-53

  7. Leading Managers out of Plato’s Cave

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 54-66

  8. Strange Bedfellows: Jack Welch and Martin Heidegger

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 67-74

  9. How Touchy Feely is Jack Welch?

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 75-86

  10. Welch’s Outsiders Perspective from the Inside

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 87-100

  11. Turning Intuitions Into Visions

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 101-112

  12. Leading out of Confusion: Grove’s Crisis at Intel

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 113-126

  13. From Control to Reflection in Management

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 127-139

  14. Organisational Nationalism at Intel

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 140-147

  15. Philosophical Education in the Context of Management

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 148-162

  16. The Socratic Perplexity of a Leader: The Case of Mort Meyerson

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 163-179

  17. Ricardo Semler’s Philosophical Experience

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 180-197

  18. Philosophical Narratives for Managers

    • Steven Segal
    Pages 198-201

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 202-208
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About this book

Just as a good musician has a feeling for rhythm and a sports person has a feeling for the game, so a good businessperson has a well-developed sense of business feel. How do we develop our business feel? How does an understanding of business feel enhance our business judgement, our ability to trust our intuition, think on our feet, make and execute decisions? These and other questions will be answered by examining the life experiences of CEO's who are recognised for excellence in their feel for the business. The business feel of, amongst others Jack Welch, Andrew Grove, and Ricardo Semler will be explored.

Reviews

'...a brilliant eye-opening book for [managers], especially philosophical practitioners, because it shows the great opportunity for Socratic philosophers to become organizational and management consultants 'to encourage managers to reflect on the assumptions that are implicit in their experiences.' Evidently, one of today's most urgent questions in management is not whether corporations have 'philosophies' but whether they have corporate philosophers.' - Reinhard Zaiser, Philosophical Practice

About the author

Steven Segal is Director of Business Feel Pty Ltd, a company that develops and runs course, coaches and conducts training sessions on business feel for corporate and other organizational clients. He also lectures in management at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and the Sydney Graduate School of Management, Australia. He is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the field of philosophical practice and has published a number of books and journal articles.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Business Feel

  • Book Subtitle: From the Science of Management to the Philosophy of Leadership

  • Authors: Steven Segal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505285

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3592-2Published: 11 October 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51832-6Published: 11 October 2004

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50528-5Published: 11 October 2004

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 208

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Management

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