Heike Bruch, Sumantra Ghoshal

A Bias for Action: How Effective Managers Harness Their Willpower, Achieve Results, and Stop Wasting Time

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Produktbeschreibung

In "A Bias for Action", Sumantra Ghoshal and Heike Bruch reveal that only 10 per cent of managers act purposefully to get truly important work done. "A Bias for Action" shows that great managers produce results not by motivating others, but by engaging their own willpower through a powerful combination of energy and focus. Bruch and Ghoshal provide simple strategies for bolstering individual willpower and action-taking abilities, and explore ways to marshal the willpower of others to encourage collective action.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard Business School Press / McGraw-Hill Professional
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781591394082
• ISBN-10: 1591394082
• Artikelnr.: 12712324

Autorenporträt

Heike Bruch is a Professor of Leadership at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). Sumantra Ghoshal is Professor of Strategic and International Management at London Business School and co-author of Managing Across Borders (HBS Press, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
PART I: Harnessing Your Willpower to Achieve Results
Chapter 1: Management is the Art of Doing and Getting Done
Chapter 2: Distinguishing Purposeful Action from Active Non-Action
Chapter 3: Marshaling Energy and Developing Focus
Chapter 4: Moving Beyond Motivation to Willpower
Chapter 5: Crossing the Rubicon
Chapter 6: Overcoming the Three Traps of Non-action
PART II: Cultivating a Company of Action-Takers
Chapter 7: Developing Purposeful Managers: The Organization's Responsibility
Chapter 8: Unleashing Organizational Energy for Collective Action
Chapter 9: Freeing Your People to Act: A Mandate for Leaders
Appendix
Index
About the authors