The Business Shrink The Dysfunctional Workplace

Author : Peter Morris
Publisher : Adams Media
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1598694138

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The Business Shrink - The Dysfunctional Workplace by Peter Morris Pdf

Are you bullied or harassed at work? Is your boss something out of a horror movie? Do your fellow employees backstab, scapegoat, and do everything but work together as a team? If so, you're not alone. Nine out of ten workplaces experience some form of uncivil behavior. But don't despair(the doctor is in the house. Peter Morris, the Business Shrink, is here to listen to your problems and tell you what to do about them. He'll show you how to: Stand up to the bully and get your coworkers behind you Send the Monster Boss back to his lair Bring your fellow workers together and get them all pulling in the same direction Using sample scenarios, workplace quizzes, and actual examples from his nationally syndicated show, Morris shows you how to turn your office from a nightmare into a an efficient-and civil-place that you can enjoy coming to every morning. Peter Morris is a successful businessman who earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton and his law degree from Harvard Business Law School. As the Business Shrink, he applies more than thirty years of business experience to workplace issues. Peter Laufer is the executive producer of The Business Shrink radio show. A longtime radio correspondent, he is the author of fourteen books.

Author : Peter Morris,Peter Laufer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781440514562

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The Business Shrink - The Disgruntled Employee by Peter Morris,Peter Laufer Pdf

Do your employees plan exit strategies around the water cooler? Are your office hallways filled with nasty gossip? Is your productivity shrinking and your profits dissolving? As a manager, every day you're faced with disgruntled employees. Now Peter Morris, host of the popular radio show "The Business Shrink," draws on his long experience to help you fix these problems. Gleaning tips from experts such as CNN commentator Lou Dobbs and job search guru Martin Yate, Morris shows you how to: Give workers strong, positive feedback Break the endless chain of blaming and backstabbing Abolish poor employee performance and boost productivity Nip cases of harassment and bullying in the bud Using sample scenarios, workplace quizzes, and actual examples from Morris's show, you'll learn how to create a harmonious workplace and how to turn disgruntled workers into productive, committed employees.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:780035293

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The Business Shrink The Disgruntled Employee by Anonim Pdf

Do your employees plan exit strategies around the water cooler? Are your office hallways filled with nasty gossip? Is your productivity shrinking and your profits dissolving? As a manager, every day you're faced with disgruntled employees. Now Peter Morris, host of the popular radio show "The Business Shrink," draws on his long experience to help you fix these problems. Gleaning tips from experts such as CNN commentator Lou Dobbs and job search guru Martin Yate, Morris shows you how to: Give workers strong, positive feedback; Break the endless chain of blaming and backstabbing; Abolish poor employee performance and boost productivity; Nip cases of harassment and bullying in the bud. Using sample scenarios, workplace quizzes, and actual examples from Morris's show, you'll learn how to create a harmonious workplace and how to turn disgruntled workers into productive, committed employees. The e-book of this title does not include a CD.

Author : Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Work and Organizations
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190697075

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Psychiatry of Workplace Dysfunction by Group for Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Work and Organizations Pdf

Work is essential to healthy and adaptive human psychological functioning. The work ethic couples work and reward in order to endow work with meaning, and a healthy workplace supports relationships and behaviors that promote a strong work ethic and cohesive group function, therefore both accomplishing the overall goals of the workplace and enhancing the mental health of individual workers. Research has shown that attending to workplace relationships and engaging employees increases productivity, creativity, and loyalty, yielding both short-term and long-term benefits. Disruptions of these relationships can lead to significant impairment in performance and deterioration in workers' mental health. However, the tools that managers once relied upon to restore relationships have been weakened-in part because of technology, globalization, and litigation. Psychiatry of Workplace Dysfunction describes key drivers that disrupt the workplace environment and provides strategies and tools to address problematic behaviors and emotions that place the mental health of employees at risk and reduce the effectiveness of the organization. The principles discussed in this book are designed to foster high-functioning workplace relationships, and the authors' psychiatric training, coupled with the breadth of their collective years of business and legal consultation experience, offers unique wisdom about developing and sustaining a relationship-focused perspective at work. These insights integrate cutting-edge information with existing research and understanding of the psychological dynamics of the workplace-all clearly presented to speak to an audience of mental health professionals, managers, and employees alike.

Author : William Lundin,Kathleen Lundin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Conflict Management
ISBN : 0070391475

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When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses by William Lundin,Kathleen Lundin Pdf

Through extensive interviews with employees at every level, William and Kathleen Lundin document management's "dumb" behavior in all types of companies and survey the damage such behavior can have on people and organizations.

Author : Janice Langan-Fox,Cary L. Cooper,Richard J. Klimoski
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847207081

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Research Companion to the Dysfunctional Workplace by Janice Langan-Fox,Cary L. Cooper,Richard J. Klimoski Pdf

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 behavioural 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.

Author : David D. Van Fleet
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781637426036

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Dysfunctional Organizations by David D. Van Fleet Pdf

Dysfunctional organizations result from individual behavior and the cultures they develop. Many individuals have directly experienced some form of dysfunctional behavior, including trauma from nonfatal workplace violence, bullying, harassment, violence, and unsafe work practices. These and other unacceptable workplace behaviors pose significant problems in organizations. Psychological safety deals with these behaviors and prevents organizations from becoming dysfunctional. It may not be “the” way to prevent dysfunctions, but it certainly is “a” way. This book uses simple and direct words to describe forms of behavior that are obstacles to developing psychological safety. It then provides practical guidance for what can and should be done to remove those obstacles. A unique framework (V-REEL) enables a better understanding of how and why behaviors are associated with dysfunctional organizations. It indicates the value of having psychologically, psychosocially, and physically safe workplaces. Its use helps the reader to carefully identify factors that erode or chip away safe workplaces as well as factors that enable or help to create them.

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Seth Allcorn,Howard F. Stein
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780826273529

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The Dysfunctional Workplace by Seth Allcorn,Howard F. Stein Pdf

This book explores an aspect of organizational life that is at times difficult to acknowledge and often painful to recall. Stories invite reflection and the development of greater understanding of organizational dynamics. This fresh scholarship provides a theoretical framework for discussion. Throughout this book, Allcorn and Stein utilize a psychoanalytically informed perspective to help readers understand why a leader, colleague or friend behaves in ways that are destructive of others and the organization and provides a basis for organizations to survive and thrive in a dysfunctional workplace.

Author : Suzy Fox,Terri R. Lituchy
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857932600

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Gender and the Dysfunctional Workplace by Suzy Fox,Terri R. Lituchy Pdf

Dysfunction in the workplace, like a bully culture, affects women and men differently. This book represents a broad spectrum of disciplines including law, management, communications, human resource management and industrial/organizational psychology and offers integrative, cross-disciplinary inquiries into the many roles gender plays in organizational dysfunction. The authors provoke new questions and new streams of research, with the ultimate goal of contributing to healthier workplaces for men and women alike. This book looks at counterproductive work behavior including aggression, bullying, incivility, sexual harassment, sexual orientation harassment and absenteeism, and the effects of job stress on mental health and well-being from the perspective of gender – the gender of actors, targets and observers of abusive interpersonal behaviors; gender–race interactions; gender-related characteristics of workplace conflict, communication and stress; socio-economic factors such as occupational expectations and roles outside the workplace; and ambiguities in the law. Gender and the Dysfunctional Workplace brings together a broad, multi-disciplinary collection of authors who weigh in on topics from whether workplace bullying is status- or gender-blind to the ramifications of absenteeism on women and their careers. These scholars contribute very different approaches and conceptualizations of counterproductive work behavior, the result of which is a dynamic and pioneering appraisal of the field and innovative musings on its future. Instructors, students and researchers in the areas of counterproductive work behavior, women's studies, occupational health and stress, and conflict resolution will find this an enlightening and thought-provoking treatise on a topic that, with the help of research like that found here, will hopefully soon see less prevalence in the workplace and beyond.

Author : Murugan Anandarajan,Thompson S. H. Teo,Claire A. Simmers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317456131

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The Internet and Workplace Transformation by Murugan Anandarajan,Thompson S. H. Teo,Claire A. Simmers Pdf

The technologies of the Internet have exerted an enormous influence on the way we live and work. This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series presents cutting-edge research on the transformation of the workplace by the use of these information technologies. The book focuses first on the deleterious transformations (such as "cyberloafing"), then the promising ones (such as the emergence of virtual teams), and then the ways the troubling transformations can be redeemed for organizational benefit. The editors overlay IT topics with insights from organizational behavior, human resource management, organizational justice, and global culture.

Author : Dr Ananta Geetey Uppal
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789390996292

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Pragmatic Approach to Corporate Communication by Dr Ananta Geetey Uppal Pdf

Author : William A. Levinson,Henry Ford,Samuel Crowther
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466557727

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The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work by William A. Levinson,Henry Ford,Samuel Crowther Pdf

Henry Ford's industrial innovations were directly responsible for the transformation of the United States into the most productive, affluent, and powerful nation on Earth. My Life and Work describes exactly how Ford did this in terms of not only manufacturing science, but also economics and organizational behavior. This holistic approach, and its v

Author : Gary Chapman,Paul White
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780802487445

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Rising Above a Toxic Workplace by Gary Chapman,Paul White Pdf

Learn how to thrive in—or escape from—a toxic work environment. Toxic organizations are rife with conflict, fear, and anger. The environment causes people to have physiological responses as if they’re in a fight-or-flight situation. Healthy people become ill. Colds, flu and stress-related illnesses such as heart attacks are more common. By contrast, in resonant organizations, people take fewer sick days and turnover is low. People smile, make jokes, talk openly and help one another." - Annie McKee (author, consultant) Many employees experience the reality of bullying bosses, poisonous people, and soul-crushing cultures on a daily basis. Rising Above a Toxic Workplace tells authentic stories from today's workers who share how they cope, change, or quit. Candidly they open up about what they learned, what they wish they had done, and how to gain resilience. Insightfully illustrating from these accounts, authors Gary Chapman, Paul White, and Harold Myra blend their combined experiences in ministry and business to deliver hope and practical guidance to those who find themselves in an unhealthy work environment. Includes a Survival Guide and Toolkit full of strategies and realistic insights

Author : Rob Goffee,Gareth Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-05
Category : Organizational change
ISBN : 1861976216

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Character of a Corporation by Rob Goffee,Gareth Jones Pdf

Coca-Cola, Disney, Nike, and Hewlett-Packard all have it: a positive corporate culture that powerfully affects their bottom line. Yet corporate culture remains the most underutilized weapon in business because most companies are intimidated by its intangibility, convinced of its secondary importance to the "harder" components of their strategic plans, or simply don't know how to assess culture or fix it. Drawing on 15 years of research and consulting with high-profile companies, The Character of a Corporation explores how a company's "character" can make the difference between short-term burnout and a sustainable long-term edge and how anyone, from senior-level executive to middle manager, can identify and thrive within their company's culture.