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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781576753187
- Book Title
- Managing to Stay Out of Court : How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Business & Economics
- Topic
- Management
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 242 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1576753182
ISBN-13
9781576753187
eBay Product ID (ePID)
31010178
Product Key Features
Book Title
Managing to Stay Out of Court : How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement
Number of Pages
242 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Management
Genre
Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-020051
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Out of the trenches of employment law comes so much insight and practical wisdom. Every manager and supervisor who studies this will benefit immensely. Marvelous book! --Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People "A clear-thinking, results-driven management tool... From its keen insights, solid management tips, and recommendations, to its unique, astute, and entertaining perspectives ... this book is a must-read for today's management teams." --Robert M. Lee, Executive Director, The Institute For Applied Management and Law "Packed with practical information that will help your organization avoid litigation." --Jonathan Segal, Wolf, Block, LLP, columnist, HR Magazine "Legal Trends" "An excellent guide for all levels of management. I highly recommend it to anyone who desires to improve individual and group skills in working with people--and avoid litigation. Janove's insights are sharp and on-target." --Jerry L. Garren, Vice President and Plant General Manager, La-Z-Boy, Inc. "Following the tenets laid out in [this book] will reduce your company's exposure to employment litigation--while improving the productivity of your workforce." --John Parauda, Managing Counsel, American Express Company
Dewey Decimal
658
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction Chapter One The First Sin: Managing Like a Beginning Skier The First Virtue: Weight Forward on Skis Chapter Two The Second Sin: Dissin' Your Employees The Second Virtue: D-I-S'ng Your Employees Chapter Three The Third Sin: Rationalizing Away Truth The Third Virtue: Making Honesty the Only Policy Chapter Four The Fourth Sin: Misguided Benevolence The Fourth Virtue: E-R-A--Expectations, Responsibility, and Accountability Chapter Five The Fifth Sin: Falling into the Inconsistency Trap The Fifth Virtue: Ducks in a Row Chapter Six The Sixth Sin: Letting Employees Speculate The Sixth Virtue: Open Information Channels Chapter Seven The Seventh Sin: Listening Through Your "I" The Seventh Virtue: Listening Through Your Ears Chapter Eight The Eighth Sin: Front-of-the-Nose Perspective The Eighth Virtue: The Big Picture Chapter Nine Moving from Sin to Virtue Conclusion Ski the Run! Appendix Tools to Help You Move from Sin to Virtue Glossary Selected Bibliography . Index
Synopsis
The number of employment-discrimination cases in the federal courts has increased by more than 2,000 percent in the past twenty years. This practical guide helps you avoid becoming part of this trend by teaching the specific management skills that will enable you to identify and resolve workplace problems before they escalate into lawsuits. Detailing eight simple management principles--based on eight corresponding sets of workplace "sins" and "virtues"--Jathan Janove shows how employers can simultaneously improve employee relations, provide workplace leadership, and stay out of court. Real-life examples and a complete set of tools and exercises will help you identify your own most prevalent management sins, adjust your management style, implement organization-wide changes, and make the all-too-often adversarial manager-employee relationship fulfilling for both parties., In the past 20 years, the number of employment discrimination cases has increased by more than 2,000 percent. This practical guide helps companies avoid the most common types of employment lawsuits through the development of strong people-management skills., In the past 20 years, the number of employment discrimination cases has increased by more than 2,000 per cent. This practical guide helps companies avoid the most common types of employment lawsuits through the development of strong people-management skills. "Managing to Stay Out of Court" is structured according to eight simple principles, contrasting sins and virtues in the workplace. It also includes a wealth of real-life examples, showing employers how to move directly from theory to practice, by taking the lessons off the page and into the workplace., The number of employment-discrimination cases in the federal courts has increased by more than 2,000 percent in the past twenty years. This practical guide helps you avoid becoming part of this trend by teaching the specific management skills that will enable you to identify and resolve workplace problems before they escalate into lawsuits. Detailing eight simple management principles-based on eight corresponding sets of workplace "sins" and "virtues"-Jathan Janove shows how employers can simultaneously improve employee relations, provide workplace leadership, and stay out of court. Real-life examples and a complete set of tools and exercises will help you identify your own most prevalent management sins, adjust your management style, implement organization-wide changes, and make the all-too-often adversarial manager-employee relationship fulfilling for both parties.
LC Classification Number
HD6971.J36 2005
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