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1 online resource (143 p.) |
| Contents |
PASSIVE ADDICTION OR WHY WE HATE WORK; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One Passive Addiction: Symptom of a Deep and Prevalent Organizational Problem; Defining Passive Addiction; Illustrating Passive Addiction; Causality of Passive Addiction; Cost of Passive Addiction; Summary; References; Chapter Two The Dichotomization of Work and Life; Why and How We Identify with Organizations; The Paradox of Work and Life; Finding Balance; Summary; References; Chapter Three The Bad Economics of the Contemporary System of Evaluation; Prevalence of Evaluation; Justification of Evaluation |
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Lack of Study on the Impact of Evaluation on Employee MotivationThe Logic of Numbers; Competition, False Scarcity, and Motivation; Waste Due to Invalid or Pro Forma Evaluation; Inequity in Certain Evaluation; Summary; References; Chapter Four The Divorce Between Purpose and Action; Why Purpose; Illustrations and Causality of the Divorce between Purpose and Action; Cost of the Divorce between Action and Purpose; Summary; References; Chapter Five The Paradox Between Extrinsic Order and Intrinsic Chaos; The Search for Order; The Function of Order; Organizational Mechanisms for Order |
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A Classification of Different Types of OrderChaos Latent in Phenomenal Order; Noumenal Order in Phenomenal Chaos; Summary; References; Chapter Six Crisis of Credibility; Defining Credibility; Employee Credibility; Organizational Credibility; Summary; References; Chapter Seven Leadership or Management; Leadership versus Management; Orientations of Management; Management and Passive Addiction; Summary; References; Chapter Eight Active Addiction: Envisioning the Future of Work; Defining Active Addiction; Work in its Natural State; From Competition to Innovation and Personal Growth |
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From Efficiency to EffectivenessThe Blending Between Work and Life; Summary; References; Index; About the Authors |
| Summary |
This work examines various organizational problems that contribute to the phenomenon of passive addiction. Future technological and economic changes may lead to the emergence of active addiction, a state of work that is blended with life and is actively embraced by the worker with a spirit of creativity and innovation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Employee motivation.
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Personnel management.
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Communication in organizations.
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Organizational behavior.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
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Organizational behavior
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Communication in organizations
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Personnel management
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Employee motivation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ramsey, Matthew C
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| LC no. |
2021679069 |
| ISBN |
9780761861645 |
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0761861645 |
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