| Description |
xi, 221 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The Participants in the Study -- A Few Examples: Gaines, Thompson, and Richardson -- The Findings and Their Presentations: Some Initial Comments -- The Organization of the Book -- The Major Themes -- The General Management Jobs: Key Challenges and Dilemmas -- The Jobs, the Context and the Emergent Demands -- Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the Responsibilities -- Challenges and Dilemmas Associated with the Relationships -- The Overall Demands: A Summary -- Differences in Job Demands -- Seven Different Kinds of GM Jobs -- Different Business and Corporate Settings: The Impact of Size, Age, Performance Level, and Other Factors -- Summary and Discussion -- The General Managers: Personal and Background Characteristics -- Common Personal Characteristics -- Basic Personality -- Knowledge and Relationships -- Job-related Reasons for the Similarities -- Common Background Characteristics -- Childhood Family Environment -- Educational and Career Experiences -- Possible Reasons for the Background Similarities -- Differences in Personal and Background Characteristics -- Age-related Differences -- Job-related Reasons for Individual Differences -- Main Factors Creating Misfits -- Summary and Discussion -- General Managers in Action: Part I--Similarities in Behavior -- The Approach -- Agenda Setting -- Network Building -- Execution: Getting Networks to Implement Agendas -- Underlying Reasons for the Basic Approach -- Forces Behind the Agenda-setting Process -- Forces Behind the Network-building Process -- Forces Behind the Execution Process |
| Analysis |
Case studies |
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Decision making |
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Leadership |
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Management |
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Managers |
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United States Management |
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Usa |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 207-213 |
| Subject |
Executive ability -- Case studies.
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Executive ability -- Case studies.
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Executives -- United States -- Case studies.
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Management -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| LC no. |
81043895 |
| ISBN |
0029180007 |
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