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Danger in the comfort zone : from boardroom to mailroom--how to break the entitlement habit that's killing American business / Judith M. Bardwick.

Title
Danger in the comfort zone : from boardroom to mailroom--how to break the entitlement habit that's killing American business / Judith M. Bardwick.
Author
Bardwick, Judith M., 1933-
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Amacom, American Management Association, c1995.

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Description
255 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Attitude
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Employees > United States > Attitudes
  • Entitlement attitudes > United States
  • Industry
  • Job security > United States
  • Labor productivity > United States
  • Motivation
  • Psychology, Industrial
  • Psychology, Industrial > United States
  • United States
  • Work > Psychological aspects
  • Work > psychology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references(p. 235-247) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : a new look at a familiar pattern -- Part one -- Danger in the comfort zone -- The American dream scattered -- When organizations are too comfortable -- the lethargy of entitlement -- When organizations are too stressed -- the paralysis of fear -- When organizations are revitalized -- the energy of earning -- Understanding how people work -- the earning curve -- Moving away from entitlement -- increase pressure -- Moving away from fear -- decrease pressure -- Maintaining the creative energy of earning -- The new paradigm -- On the personal side -- Questions and answers -- Part two -- Finding comfort in endless danger -- The borderless economy -- Get real -- Operate in optimum ways -- Critical conditions : trust, commitment, success -- Give thanks for hard times.
ISBN
0814478867
LCCN
^^^94024020^
OCLC
31519158
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library