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A survival guide for working with bad bosses [electronic resource] : dealing with bullies, idiots, back-stabbers, and other managers from hell / Gini Graham Scott.

By: Scott, Gini Graham.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: New York : American Management Association, c2006Description: xi, 210 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Conflict management | Interpersonal communication | Interpersonal conflict | Interpersonal relations | Managing your bossGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 650.1/3 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Not fit for command -- The no-boss boss -- The pass-the-buck boss -- Clueless but connected -- Scatterboss -- Critically clueless -- The dishonest "genius" -- That's unfair! -- On overload -- Only good enough to train others -- No back-up -- No excuses -- That's perfect - not! -- Promises, promises -- No trust -- You're great but -- Power players -- Just for sport -- Turning yeses into nos -- The wolf-in-sheep's-clothing -- Controlling the control freak -- Bad boss in a big bureaucracy -- Breaking through the bureaucracy -- It goes with the territory -- Who's the boss? -- Out of bounds -- Dirty looks -- A new boss is insulting and abusive -- Call 911 -- Drunk, disorderly, and untouchable -- The intrusive boss -- Party planner -- Cultural divide -- Ethical challenges -- Dealing with danger -- The cover-up -- It's a crime! -- Sex and faxes -- Give in to collective denial or leave? -- Putting it all together -- Bad boss or bad employee? -- How bad is your boss: a self-assessment quiz -- Knowing how to deal.
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Includes index.

Not fit for command -- The no-boss boss -- The pass-the-buck boss -- Clueless but connected -- Scatterboss -- Critically clueless -- The dishonest "genius" -- That's unfair! -- On overload -- Only good enough to train others -- No back-up -- No excuses -- That's perfect - not! -- Promises, promises -- No trust -- You're great but -- Power players -- Just for sport -- Turning yeses into nos -- The wolf-in-sheep's-clothing -- Controlling the control freak -- Bad boss in a big bureaucracy -- Breaking through the bureaucracy -- It goes with the territory -- Who's the boss? -- Out of bounds -- Dirty looks -- A new boss is insulting and abusive -- Call 911 -- Drunk, disorderly, and untouchable -- The intrusive boss -- Party planner -- Cultural divide -- Ethical challenges -- Dealing with danger -- The cover-up -- It's a crime! -- Sex and faxes -- Give in to collective denial or leave? -- Putting it all together -- Bad boss or bad employee? -- How bad is your boss: a self-assessment quiz -- Knowing how to deal.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.