Organization theory readings and cases - Wright, Penny L.; Robbins, Stephen P. 1943- (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987)
1. Making the most of yourself. Your most precious resource : your time / Andrew S. Grove -- Building endurance / Mortimer R. Feinberg and Aaron Levenstein -- Are you irreplaceable? / Everett T. Suters -- Conversation: the key to better business writing / John Louis DiGaetani -- Improving your alertness / Robert D. Reid -- That feeling in your bones : when to rely on your intuition? / Mortimer R. Feinberg and Aaron Levenstein -- Public speaking / Ralph Proodian -- The workaholic boss : an 18-hour-a-day menace / Jack Falvey -- Making positive things happen / Ralph Z. Sorenson --Paying your dues / Frank R. Beaudine -- Beware of the business lunch / Martin H. Bauman -- The art of constructive procrastination / Ross A. Webber -- 2. Technology. Steel collar workers : how to use robots / Kenichi Ohmae -- Improving quality :lessons from Hewlett-Packard / John A. Young -- Streamlining the factory with just-in-time production / Richard J. Schonberger -- Product diversity at lower cost: the payoff from flexible manufacturing / Thomas M. Hout and George Stalk, Jr. -- To exploit new technology, know when to junk the old / Richard N. Foster -- What quality circles can and cannot do / Kenichi Ohmae -- Process design as important as product design / John Mayo -- Don't expect too much from your computer system / Richard L. Van Horn -- Taking the bugs out of computer spread sheets / Robert M. Freeman -- 3. People you work with. To raise productivity, try saying thank you / Jack Falvey -- Every worker a manager : shunning bureaucracy at People Express / Donald Burr -- Sobering advice on office alcoholics / Nicholas A. Pace -- Criticizing your subordinate / J. Stephen Morris -- Criticizing your boss / Hendrie Weisinger and Norman M. Lobsenz -- Keeping favoritism and prejudice out of employee evaluations / Andrew S. Grove -- How to live with those mercurial mavericks / James E. Seitz -- Never coddle a malcontent / Peter Baida -- The younger boss : green over gray needn't lead to a clash / Marilyn Machlowitz -- The proper distance between boss and secretary / Mortimer R. Feinberg and Aaron Levenstein -- Meeting with success / Jack Falvey -- The transforming leader / Mortimer R. Feinberg and Aaron Levenstein -- 4. Strategy. The risks and adventures of cooperative ventures / Robert J. Conrads and Amir Mahini -- Test marketing : your product may do better without it / Solomon Dutka and Richard L. Lysaker -- Corporate planning needn't be a straitjacket / John M. Stengrevics -- Transform leaden strategies into golden opportunities / Kenichi Ohmae -- Disorganized like a fox : the sly boss / Jack Falvey -- Superstars and Lone Rangers rescue dull enterprises / Rosabeth Moss Kanter -- Hisao Tsubouchi, Japan's Mr. Turnaround / Adam Meyerson -- 5. Hiring and firing. What you can and can't learn from interviews / Martin H. Bauman -- What to do when the executive recruiter calls / Frank R. Beaudine -- Advice for job seekers / Robert M. Hochheiser -- The agonizing decision of cutting corporate staff / Carol Hymowitz -- Hiring a teen-ager for the summer / Frank J. Macchiarola -- Bringing retired talent back to the fore / Phillip Shatz -- No room for loyalty / Harvey Gittler -- Your right to fire and its limits / Thomas R. Horton -- Hitting rock bottom after making it to the top / James F. Turner -- Questions to ask when you're fired / Robert Coulson.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-351).
Keywords: Organization; Organization -- Case studies