The Work of Management

A Leader's Guide to Applying Systems Leadership
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-03-260437-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The Work of Management demonstrates how the concepts, models, and tools of Systems Leadership can be applied, enabling you to become a more effective manager by improving your own work to create a more positive and effective organisation.

Positive organisations, where people come together to achieve a productive and personally satisfying purpose, and which provide the basis for a good society, do not occur by chance. They are created by the work of leaders and members who are dependent upon the way the organisation is designed and operates – its structure and systems. While the theory is explained, this book primarily presents the practical aspects – the specific values, methods and tools – that can be used to improve work and the work performance of direct reports. Building on the bestselling book, Systems Leadership, this book provides leaders with a manual for the application of concepts as well as an introduction to Systems Leadership Theory, a method that has been used successfully by businesses from large multinational firms and banks, to SMEs, public agencies and NGOs. It provides a predictive capability, allowing a leader to predict what will work well and what is likely to fail, according to the context. It gives the benefit of foresight as decisions must be made.

Designed as a leader’s manual for the application of the concepts around Systems Leadership, this book is for people who want to improve their own, and their organisation’s, work practices and performance.

Zielgruppe

Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burke, Catherine

Macdonald, Ian

Stewart, Karl

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I The Basics – Purpose and Work  1. The Importance of Purpose  2. Work and the Domains of Work  3. The Importance of Task Clarity  4. Human Capability  Part II Organisation Structures and Roles  5. Levels of Work Complexity  6. Organisation Structure  7. Authority, Power and Vertical Relationships  8. Improving Role Relationships  Part III The Work of Leadership  9. The Work of Leadership: Values, Mythologies and Culture  10. The Work of Leadership: Creating a Culture  11. Systems: Descriptions and Design  12. Safety: Systems, Behaviour and Symbols  Part IV Essential People Systems  13. Social Process at a Distance  14. Role Descriptions and Selection  15. Performance Management:  Output Measures vs. Work Performance of Individuals  16. Performance Management – Overcoming the ‘Muddle’  17. Task Assignment, Feedback and Review  18. Performance Planning and Review  19. Performance Evaluation  20. Salary Administration  21. Careers and Staff Development  22. Discipline and Fair Treatment

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Macdonald is Founder and Director of Macdonald Associates, an international organisational consultancy. He is a director of BIOSS International Ltd. He is also an honorary fellow at Brunel University, teaches at Surrey Business School and works with NHS Wales and Welsh government.

Catherine Burke was Associate Professor of Public Administration, University of Southern California. Her research focuses on organisation and systems design, management theory and leadership. She has been a consultant to Southern California Edison, the cities of Los Angeles and Pasadena, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, businesses and non-profit organisations. Her publications include Innovation and Public Policy, and articles in various academic journals. She was a Director at Commonwealth Aluminum.

Karl Stewart trained as a mining engineer but spent most of his working life in leadership positions. He spent four years as an internal managerial consultant developing the theory and good practices to strengthen the leadership of people in organisations and the systems which underpin them.  He demonstrated the effectiveness of these ideas implementing them as Managing Director of Comalco Smelting.