Productive Workplaces: Organizing and Managing for Dignity Meaning and Community (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Hardcover

Weisbord, Marvin Ross

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9781555420543: Productive Workplaces: Organizing and Managing for Dignity Meaning and Community (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555420540 ISBN 13: 9781555420543

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1987

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Offers specific how-to instructions for involving employees in designing new work methods and developing strategies for organizational improvement. Presents in-depth case studies of organizations that have used these techniques.

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Review:

Marvin Weisbord is a trusted guide leading us to the questions, beliefs, and practices that help us be real contributors in these difficult times.
Margaret Wheatley, author, Leadership and the New Science

This is an adventure story the story of Marv Weisbord s courageous search for ways to help managers and employees cooperate to create more productive and humane workplaces.
Paul Lawrence, Donham Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

"Those who remain true to the values presented in this book will not only be more effective in their work, but more ethical as well.
Ken Hultman, author, Making Change Irresistible and Balancing Individual and Organizational Values

This book now falls into the category of a classic, a staple for those striving to understand the fundamental reasons for successful organizations . . . This is a readable book, free of glitz and flavors of the month. 217;
Robert Dilworth, associate professor of human resource management, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Integrating the theories and methods of leading management innovators with cases from his many years of experience as a manager and consultant, Weisbord offers specific how-to instructions for involving employees in designing new work methods and developing strategies for organizational improvement. Presents in-depth case-studies of organizations that have used these techniques to increase output, cut costs, create strategic plans, manage conflict between functions, and more.

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