Research Companion To The Dysfunctional Workplace: Management Challenges And Symptoms (new Horizions In Management)
by Cary L. Cooper /
2007 / English / PDF
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A work exposing and exploring the phenomena of the dysfunctional
workplace is long overdue. This fascinating book does just that,
uncovering the subversiveness, counter-productive behaviour and
unspoken 'issues' that managers struggle with on a daily basis.
This Companion not only explores organizational dysfunction as it
concerns individuals, it also examines broader issues of
dysfunction and its effects with regards teams, managers and
organizational systems. Lively discussion encompasses the symptoms
of distress, illness, absenteeism, and inefficiency that point
towards behavioral disorders and system-wide malfunction. From
personality disorders to wars over 'territory', the book chronicles
and reveals the true nature of often hidden workplace problems
including bullying, unethical behaviour, loss of trust,
organizational deviance, cowardice, workaholism, negative humour
and emotions, personality disorders, mismanagement, and
malfunctioning performance and selection systems. So what can be
done? Practical solutions to these dysfunctional phenomena are
presented by international experts from a range of disciplinary
backgrounds including management, psychology and economics. This
fascinating, highly original book will be of enormous interest to
students, researchers, academics and practitioners across all
sectors of business and management, human resource management in
particular.
A work exposing and exploring the phenomena of the dysfunctional
workplace is long overdue. This fascinating book does just that,
uncovering the subversiveness, counter-productive behaviour and
unspoken 'issues' that managers struggle with on a daily basis.
This Companion not only explores organizational dysfunction as it
concerns individuals, it also examines broader issues of
dysfunction and its effects with regards teams, managers and
organizational systems. Lively discussion encompasses the symptoms
of distress, illness, absenteeism, and inefficiency that point
towards behavioral disorders and system-wide malfunction. From
personality disorders to wars over 'territory', the book chronicles
and reveals the true nature of often hidden workplace problems
including bullying, unethical behaviour, loss of trust,
organizational deviance, cowardice, workaholism, negative humour
and emotions, personality disorders, mismanagement, and
malfunctioning performance and selection systems. So what can be
done? Practical solutions to these dysfunctional phenomena are
presented by international experts from a range of disciplinary
backgrounds including management, psychology and economics. This
fascinating, highly original book will be of enormous interest to
students, researchers, academics and practitioners across all
sectors of business and management, human resource management in
particular.
