Research Catalog

Title

Top down : why hierarchies are here to stay and how to manage them more effectively / Harold J. Leavitt.

Author

Leavitt, Harold J.

Publication

Boston : Harvard Business School Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xii, 189 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"In this exploration of modern hierarchies, organizational behavior expert Harold J. Leavitt explains what has driven this disconnect between current management theory and the realities of working life. More important, he looks at how this disconnect affects today's managers, who struggle to operate democratically within results-driven, authoritarian hierarchies." "Top Down explores how innovative movements, from participative management to analytic management to "hot groups," have changed hierarchies. This book also shows how modern "manager/leaders" can cope with the conundrums they face in today's hierarchies."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Hierarchies
• Executive ability
• Organizational effectiveness
• Management
• Employee empowerment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182) and index.

Contents

1. Why we don't like hierarchies -- 2. Why hierarchies persist -- 3. Humanizing hierarchies versus systemizing them -- 4. Three changes that shook the hierarchy -- 5. How big hierarchies cope with change -- 6. The manager's authority -- 7. Leadership, authority, and the hierarchy -- 8. Three lessons for manager/leaders -- 9. Hierarchies, managers, and morality.

ISBN

1591394988

LCCN

2004010145

OCLC

• ocm55068010
• SCSB-5105669

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries