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Tools and techniques of leadership and management : meeting the challenge of complexity / Ralph Stacey.

By: Stacey, Ralph D.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012Description: ix, 182 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415531177 (hbk.); 9780415531184 (pbk.).Subject(s): Leadership | ManagementDDC classification: 658.4092
Contents:
Introduction -- The theory of complex responsive processes : understanding organisations as patterns of interaction between people -- Understanding organizing activities as the game : the social background of leadership and management activities -- The leadership and management tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : rules and step by step procedures -- The limitations of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : incompatibility with expert performance -- The leadership and management techniques of disciplinary power : surveillance and normalization -- Taking the techniques of disciplinary power to the extreme : domination and coercive persuasion -- Institutions and the techniques of leadership and management : habits rules and routines -- The leadership and management "techniques" of practical judgment : reflexive inquiry, improvisation and political adroitness -- Conclusion : frequently asked questions -- Appendix reflexive inquiry : movements in my and how i find myself thinking differently as a consequence.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-173) and index.

Introduction -- The theory of complex responsive processes : understanding organisations as patterns of interaction between people -- Understanding organizing activities as the game : the social background of leadership and management activities -- The leadership and management tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : rules and step by step procedures -- The limitations of the tools and techniques of instrumental rationality : incompatibility with expert performance -- The leadership and management techniques of disciplinary power : surveillance and normalization -- Taking the techniques of disciplinary power to the extreme : domination and coercive persuasion -- Institutions and the techniques of leadership and management : habits rules and routines -- The leadership and management "techniques" of practical judgment : reflexive inquiry, improvisation and political adroitness -- Conclusion : frequently asked questions -- Appendix reflexive inquiry : movements in my and how i find myself thinking differently as a consequence.