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American management ideology
Author_Gary English
Authority and control
Budget and control
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Common sense and individual style
complexity in organizations
effective quality improvement strategies
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Framing the organization
Increasing complexity
leadership motivation
Making sense of modem management
management paradoxes
managerial decision analysis
organizational rationality
Responsibility and power
structural barriers
The paradox of language
Product details
- ISBN 9781574442199
- Weight: 578g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 May 1998
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The quality management revolution has resulted in considerable trial and error as well as frustration. Here is a book that explores why many management trends don't translate into process improvement. It recommends establishing a condition of "rationality" as a guide and measure for all organizational and quality improvement efforts. Instead of imposing radical new "breakthroughs", Phoenix Without the Ashes: Achieving Organizational Excellence Through Common Sense Management suggests an approach that fits with the normal routines and operations of an organization in a way that makes sense.
Part One of this text discusses the nature of common sense, and of quality as a condition of organizational excellence. In Part Two, the elements that negatively affect quality improvement are explained from an operating management perspective. Part Three looks at the impediments to improvement set by organizational structures. Part Four discusses the relationship among leadership, motivation, and organizational excellence, and Part Five suggests a rational strategy for effective, enduring organizational improvement.
Managers in every industry will benefit from the information provided in Phoenix Without the Ashes.
