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A collection of thought-provoking essays on management and leadership that propose radical new ways of thinking about what managers do and what organizations are.

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"Many managers and advanced business students will have difficulty exploring Vaill's challenges without prejudice, but those who succeed will be much richer not only as managers, but as citizens of the highly dynamic and, at times, chaotic organizational world of today."(Choice)

Table of Contents
Permanent White Water.

The Theory of Managing in the Managerial Competency Movement.

Winning Is Only the Thing You Think Winning Is.

The Peak Performance Cult.

The Grand Paradox of Management.

Reflection and the Technoholic.

Satchmo's Paradox.

Managing as a Performing Art.

It's All People.

The End of Culture and the Dialexic Society.

What Should the Top Team Be Talking About?

Taoist Management: 'Composedly They Went and Came'.

Management as Snake Handling.

The Requisites of Visionary Leadership.

Managing as a Performing Art: New Ideas for a

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/07/1991
      ISBN13: 9781555423698, 978-1555423698
      ISBN10: 1555423698

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A collection of thought-provoking essays on management and leadership that propose radical new ways of thinking about what managers do and what organizations are.

      Trade Review
      "Many managers and advanced business students will have difficulty exploring Vaill's challenges without prejudice, but those who succeed will be much richer not only as managers, but as citizens of the highly dynamic and, at times, chaotic organizational world of today."(Choice)

      Table of Contents
      Permanent White Water.

      The Theory of Managing in the Managerial Competency Movement.

      Winning Is Only the Thing You Think Winning Is.

      The Peak Performance Cult.

      The Grand Paradox of Management.

      Reflection and the Technoholic.

      Satchmo's Paradox.

      Managing as a Performing Art.

      It's All People.

      The End of Culture and the Dialexic Society.

      What Should the Top Team Be Talking About?

      Taoist Management: 'Composedly They Went and Came'.

      Management as Snake Handling.

      The Requisites of Visionary Leadership.

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