Executive leadership : a practical guide to managing complexity / Elliott Jaques and Stephen D. Clement with a foreword by Ronnie Lessem.

By:

Jaques, Elliott

Contributor(s):

Clement, Stephen`` D [author. ]

Series: Developmental ManagementVirginia : Cason Hall & Co. Publishers, 1991Description: xxx, 317 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0962107018

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.4092 .J36 1991

LOC classification:

HD57.7 .J36 1991

Summary: "Jaques and Clement have zeroed in on the most pressing issue of the 21st century, Executive Leadership. In this new book, Elliott Jaques' remarkable microscope, through which we can examine the internal, personal world of human intent and the external social world of work, is made, for the first time, readily accessible to the reader. Just as Galileo allowed us to look at the stars with a new understanding of our physical universe, Elliott Jacques allows us to look at both our individuality and our human interactions in the workplace with a new understanding. The totally new social order available through this remarkable lens shows us our world as it really is - not as we have imagined it to be. The application of these ideas by Clement and Jaques has had a powerful impact on US Army leadership, training and doctrine. They have now written this very practical book telling you, the accountable manager, how to achieve an organization full of people going along together in the direction you have set." -- Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print Materials	Graduate School Library Master in Business Administration - Reference	658.4092 .J36 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0119247

Includes bibliography and index.

"Jaques and Clement have zeroed in on the most pressing issue of the 21st century, Executive Leadership.
In this new book, Elliott Jaques' remarkable microscope, through which we can examine the internal, personal world of human intent and the external social world of work, is made, for the first time, readily accessible to the reader. Just as Galileo allowed us to look at the stars with a new understanding of our physical universe, Elliott Jacques allows us to look at both our individuality and our human interactions in the workplace with a new understanding. The totally new social order available through this remarkable lens shows us our world as it really is - not as we have imagined it to be.
The application of these ideas by Clement and Jaques has had a powerful impact on US Army leadership, training and doctrine. They have now written this very practical book telling you, the accountable manager, how to achieve an organization full of people going along together in the direction you have set." -- Book jacket.

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