Research Catalog

Title

Douglas McGregor, revisited : managing the human side of the enterprise / Gary Heil, Warren Bennis, Deborah C. Stephens.

Author

Heil, Gary, 1950-

Publication

New York : John Wiley, [2000], ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bennis, Warren G.
• Stephens, Deborah C. (Deborah Collins)

Description

xi, 196 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Douglas McGregor, Revisited emphasizes McGregor's lasting influence and updates his thinking with new concepts, fresh strategies, and modern implementation. This timely work traces McGregor's original thinking, which has emerged in current approaches that stress distributed leadership, open-minded appraisal techniques, and employee/customer commitment.".
• "Highlighted throughout with gems of wisdom in McGregor's own words, the book describes the value of his theories for today's managers. The authors carefully outline how to put McGregor's thinking into practice in your own business."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Personnel management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Why McGregor Matters. 1. Why McGregor Matters. 2. Rethinking Your Thinking. 3. Becoming McGregorian. 4. Thinking Systematically. 5. Performance Appraisal or Performance Development. 6. Winning with Teams. 7. Build Cooperation Instead of Internal Competition. 8. Building the Intrinsically Motivating, Actualizing Organization. 9. Creating a Cause Worthy of Commitment. 10. Leaders, Test Your Assumptions -- Pt. 2. Selected Essays of Douglas McGregor. The Human Side of Enterprise / Douglas McGregor. New Concepts of Management / Douglas McGregor. A Philosophy of Management / Douglas McGregor. Chairman Mac / Warren Bennis. An Uneasy Look at Performance Appraisal / Douglas McGregor.

ISBN

0471314625 (cloth)

LCCN

00023491

OCLC

• ocm43481762
• SCSB-3862651

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries