Graymanship: The Management of Organizational Imperfection " Surveys show that job dissatisfaction and cynicism are at an all-time high. Other books, focusing on one-minute leadership and relocating cheese, may contain interesting viewpoints, but they have no
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| Title | : | Graymanship: The Management of Organizational Imperfection |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.82 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1936264005 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2010-02-08 |
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Drew Carey once joked, "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." Surveys show that job dissatisfaction and cynicism are at an all-time high. Why have we let our jobs become so toxic? Bob Eddy's book, Graymanship: The Management of Organizational Imperfection delivers a mind-boggling, out-of-the-box approach that shatters common sense concepts about how to manage businesses and employees. Other books, focusing on one-minute leadership and relocating cheese, may contain interesting viewpoints, but they have not succeeded in reversing, or even lessening, the negativity of our work lives. What can we do about miscommunications, incompetence, disorganization, disruption, disobedience, inequity, disloyalty, politics, unethical behavior, conflict, and cynicism? We obviously need a deeper analysis of why we suffer these ills. Graymanship suggests that we take a new and different look at the assumptions we
Editorial :
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