Abstract
Preface. The Author. Introduction: The Dilemmas of Managers in the Middle. POLITICS IN THE WORKPLACE: REKINDLING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT. Personal Choices That Shape the Work Environment. Origins of the Bureaucratic Mentality. Developing Antidotes for Bureaucracy. POSITIVE POLITICAL SKILLS AT WORK. Creating a Vision of Greatness: The First Step Toward Empowerment. Building Support for Your Vision: Negotiating with Allies and Adversaries. Balancing Autonomy and DepAndence: Peace with Those Around You. Facing Organizational Realities: Continual Acts of Courage. Enacting the Vision: The Essence of Empowerment. Annotated Bibliography. Index.
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BureaucracyPoliticsCourageNegotiationAutonomyGreatnessEmpowermentWork (physics)Public relationsPolitical scienceIndex (typography)SociologyManagementSocial psychologyPsychologyLawEngineeringEconomics
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Peter C. Block
(1987).
The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work.
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