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Book Synopsis Middle Management Strategic Roles by : Hector R. Flores
Download or read book Middle Management Strategic Roles written by Hector R. Flores and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The middle-management perspective has produced a great understanding of the connection of middle managers involvement in strategy and organizational outcomes (Floyd and Wooldridge, 1992, 1996; Floyd and Wooldridge, 2000; Wooldridge and Floyd, 1990). Strategic role conflict has been identified in the literature as a hindrance, even an impediment, to effective middle-management involvement in strategy (Floyd and Lane, 2000). Despite a growing body of theoretical work by scholars on the strategy process, there has been limited empirical research of the antecedents of strategic role conflict. Drawing from the literatures of role conflict, middle management perspective, and social exchange theory, this dissertation hypothesized that demographic characteristics of middle managers, the nature of their position within the organization, the quality of their relationships with top management, and the degree of dissimilarity of their environmental perceptions vis-à-vis top management are associated with middle managers' strategic role conflict. A large, global manufacturing company based in the United States participated in the study. Survey data was collected from 249 middle managers at four organizational levels within two divisions. Two structural models were tested. Data showed that the more parsimonious model was not supported while the less parsimonious model was supported. Results indicated that key predictors of middle managers' strategic role conflict were the amount of boundary spanning that middle managers engage in as part of their jobs, the degree of disparity in their perception of the products and factors markets vis-à-vis top management, the frequency of their direct communication with their top manager, the amount of mutual trust between the top manager and the middle manager, and the amount of disparity in the feelings of mutual affect between the top manager and the middle manager. This study contributes to the strategy literature by demonstrating the applicability of role conflict theory to the strategy process in explicating links between strategic role conflict and its antecedents. A better understanding of strategic role conflict is important to the strategy process literature because of its theorized interference with middle manager's effective strategic performance and its possible negative consequences for the organization. An alternative model of strategic role conflict is presented.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research by : Steven W. Floyd
Download or read book Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research written by Steven W. Floyd and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-29 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of this volume is that the complex social processes that animate strategic decisions involve not only top-level executives, but also middle managers distributed throughout the organization. Designed for doctoral students and others interested in middle managers and strategy process, the Handbook integrates the threads of scholarly work in this domain and charts a course for future research. Chapters are written both by scholars who have ‘paved the way’ for the middle management perspective and scholars who have done recent, cutting edge research from this point of view.
Book Synopsis The Strategic Middle Manager by : Steven W. Floyd
Download or read book The Strategic Middle Manager written by Steven W. Floyd and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1996-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exceptional job of refocusing the middle manager's role?a mustread for practitioners and educators alike. --Jack Viega, editor, The Academy of Management Executives In their quest to become leaner, flatter, and reengineered,organizations have systematically cut out the very positions thatonce made them successful?mid-level managers. In The StrategicMiddle Manager,management experts Steven Floyd and Bill Wooldridgedraw on a decade of research involving over 250 middle managers todemonstrate that the success of future organizations restsdecisively on strong middle management. The authors present the tools managers need to: * Redefine their roles * Increase their strategic value * Secure their futures * Identify the top performers in the ranks...and much more! Far from lacking perspective, middle managers have a unique,pivotal perspective that places them at the forefront oforganizational change. They can play the role of champion,synthesizer, facilitator, and implementer--and this book gives theadvice needed to energize management. A must-read for trainingprofessionals, managers, and top executives, Floyd and Wooldridge'swork will radically redesign--and drastically improve--yourorganization's effectiveness.
Book Synopsis Strategic Change by : Colin A. Carnall
Download or read book Strategic Change written by Colin A. Carnall and published by Digital Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing major or strategic change now demands the ability to visualise the future, to see what might happen, and to estimate how the organization might respond. Through a selection of key articles on strategic change from authors such as Senge, Handy, Argyris and Prahalad and Doz, Carnall examines how we can understand the process of change and how we can use this knowledge to create the future. These articles look at: *networked organizations *market induced changes for internal and external markets *culture change *learning organization *globalisation This book also includes new material on how to create programmes of change to maximise learning as well as topical approaches such as process re-engineering, time-based management and corporate bench-marking. Students on MBA and other post-graduate business courses, and practitioners in the field of strategic change will find this book essential reading. Colin Carnall is Professor of Management Studies and Director of Programmes at Henley Management College. Top-flight editor from one of the best British Business Schools Includes articles from leading authors -Senge, Handy, Argyris and Prahalad and Doz to name a few Includes new material on how to create programmes of change to maximise learning
Book Synopsis Leading from the Middle by : Scott Mautz
Download or read book Leading from the Middle written by Scott Mautz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive playbook for driving impact as a middle manager Leading from the Middle: A Playbook for Managers to Influence Up, Down, and Across the Organization delivers an insightful and practical guide for the backbone of an organization: those who have a boss and are a boss and must lead from the messy middle. Accomplished author and former P&G executive Scott Mautz walks readers through the unique challenges facing these managers, and the mindset and skillset necessary for managing up and down and influencing what happens across the organization. You’ll learn the winning mindset of the best middle managers, how to develop the most important skills necessary for managing from the middle, how to create your personal Middle Action Plan (MAP), and effectively influence: Up the chain of command, to your boss and those above them Down, to your direct reports and teams who report to you Laterally, to peers and teams you have no formal authority over Anyone in an organization who reports to someone and has someone reporting to them must lead from the middle. They are the most important group in an organization and have a unique opportunity to drive impact. Leading from the Middle explains how.
Book Synopsis Strategic Outlook for Innovative Work Behaviours by : Hasan Dincer
Download or read book Strategic Outlook for Innovative Work Behaviours written by Hasan Dincer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents various perspectives on innovative work behaviour, focusing on problem recognition, idea generation, idea promotion and the realisation of these ideas. It first highlights important corporate issues, such as uncertainty, performance management, technological infrastructure, and strategy development, and subsequently presents studies that offer solutions. Further, the book evaluates the significance of research and development, effective communication and corporate governance. Lastly, it discusses the implications of idea realisation, examining resource dependence theory, organizational trust and eco-innovations.
Book Synopsis The Strategic Roles of Middle Managers, Collaborative Relationships Between Top Management and the Middle, and the Impact of These Roles and Relationships on Organization Performance by : Les Bowd
Download or read book The Strategic Roles of Middle Managers, Collaborative Relationships Between Top Management and the Middle, and the Impact of These Roles and Relationships on Organization Performance written by Les Bowd and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals by : Anthony Dance
Download or read book A Pragmatic Introduction to Middle Manager Fundamentals written by Anthony Dance and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing and leading a remote team of line managers is the most challenging aspect of the middle manager role. It is quite normal for middle managers to see line managers infrequently and when they do, middle managers very rarely see their line managers 'on the job'. On the occasions when middle managers attend a line manager's work unit, they can often be presented with a fictitious picture of how the line manager performs or behaves and how the business unit is truly performing. Not having day-to-day physical contact as a line manager would normally have with their employees, makes monitoring and managing line manager performance extremely difficult for any distance manager. To be effective in distance management and be able to overcome the many unique challenges distance managers experience, middle managers need to work to a clear strategy, learn and use a new set of skills and implement policies and procedures that all line managers must adhere to.Putting into practice the strategy outlined in this short-book will help middle managers be more effective in managing business units at a distance.
Book Synopsis The Connecting Leader by : Zahira Jaser
Download or read book The Connecting Leader written by Zahira Jaser and published by IAP. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous books of the Leadership Horizon Series showed unequivocally how both leaders and followers play an equally important part in the co-production of leadership outcomes, and how leader and follower identities are fluid, so that the same individual can enact both at different times. This book stretches the notion of leadership a step further by exploring the co-enactment of both roles, identities, and positions of leader and follower by one same individual. This individual is defined as a connecting leader, as in this co-enactment he/she functions as connector between different leadership relationships. The concept of connecting leader emerges from the observation that most individuals in organizations engage in the leader-follower role co-enactment: managers, pulled between executives and reportees; CEOs, between the board and the head of departments; or employees involved in cross functional teams, leading and following in different degrees, subject to their expertise. Yet, despite its pervasiveness this concept is at best under theorized by the literature, which, dominated by dyadic and romanticized views, mostly presents the roles as enacted by separate individuals facing each other. To advance our understanding of connecting leaders the editor proposes to shift our focus on leadership in three ways: to unpack the interconnectedness and interplay of leader and follower identities; to investigate the tensions arising from the co-enactment and how these can be overcome; to widen the way in which we study leadership, through new configurations (e.g. leadership triads) and ontologies; and finally to consider the similarities between leading and following. The book chapters are organized to mirror these areas of exploration. Understanding leadership from a perspective that acknowledges that many individuals in organizations are not just leaders or followers, but both, democratizes the way we theorize leadership, and moves us further away from the temptation to romanticize it.
Book Synopsis The Enthusiastic Employee by : David Sirota
Download or read book The Enthusiastic Employee written by David Sirota and published by Wharton School Pub. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enthusiastic employees outproduce and outperform. They step up to do the impossible. They rally each other in tough times. Most people are enthusiastic when they're hired: hopeful, ready to work hard, eager to contribute. What happens to dampen their enthusiasm? Management, that's what.
Book Synopsis Managing in the Modern Corporation by : John Hassard
Download or read book Managing in the Modern Corporation written by John Hassard and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This books is an examination of the effects of organizational restructuring in large corporations.
Book Synopsis Building Strategy from the Middle by : Steven W. Floyd
Download or read book Building Strategy from the Middle written by Steven W. Floyd and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Navy SEAL Guide to Nutrition was originally developed for Navy SEAL trainees to help them meet the rigorous demands of the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community. This comprehensive guide covers all the basics of physical well-being as well as advice for the specific challenges encountered in extreme conditions and mission-related activities. With a special emphasis on nutrition and healthy eating, everyone will benefit from these tried and true methods of guiding your body to peak physical condition.Topics covered include: The relationship between energy expenditure and energy intakeBody size and body mass indexEnergy-providing macronutrients and micronutrientsWhen and how much to drinkHealthy snackingNutritional considerations for endurance activities and strength trainingFood for the fieldCompiled by physicians and physiologists chosen for their intimate knowledge of the NSW and SEAL community, this manual is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to boost his or her health, nutrition, and general well-being.
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Book Synopsis The Mid-level Manager in Student Affairs by : National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (U.S.)
Download or read book The Mid-level Manager in Student Affairs written by National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Truth About Middle Managers by : Paul Osterman
Download or read book The Truth About Middle Managers written by Paul Osterman and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle management" is a term associated with relentless downsizing, corporate drudgery, and career dead-ends. Bashed by management gurus, dismissed by social scientists, and painted as victims by the media, middle managers seem permanently relegated to the sidelines of corporate power. But is this popular picture accurate? Are middle managers really no longer valued by today's performance-driven organizations? The truth is surprising. MIT management scholar Paul Osterman has analyzed over thirty years' worth of employment data, interviewed a wide sample of managers, and uncovered a very different picture of middle managers today. Not only have their numbers increased dramatically, but middle managers are wealthier, more productive, more autonomous--and they gain real pleasure from their day-to-day work. But there's another side to the story: while managers have maintained their commitment to their tasks and to their colleagues, they are increasingly cynical and distant from their organizations. They are confused about their future and how to manage their careers. This comes at a time when the value of middle management is much greater than ever before. Organizations must rethink their understanding of this vital workforce segment--now. Understand the issues for yourself with The Truth About Middle Managers' refreshing and counter-intuitive look at what's really going on.
Book Synopsis Strategic Leadership by : Sydney Finkelstein
Download or read book Strategic Leadership written by Sydney Finkelstein and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1996 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough, in-depth treatment of strategic leadership that highlights knowledge creation and practical insight. The authors have been at the forefront of research and writing in this field; this book represents a compilation and creative extension of their own and others research on top executives. This brief one-color text is appropriate for MBA strategy courses or as a supplement to various upper-division managerial texts. Strategic Leadership is part of the Wests Strategic Management Series edited by Michael A. Hitt, R. Duane Ireland, and Robert E. Hoskisson, authors of Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 2nd.
Book Synopsis Implementing Strategy by : Lawrence G. Hrebiniak
Download or read book Implementing Strategy written by Lawrence G. Hrebiniak and published by Macmillan College. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Building Strategy from the Middle by : Steven W. Floyd
Download or read book Building Strategy from the Middle written by Steven W. Floyd and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2000-03-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of its history, the academic literature in strategy has focused on the actions and decisions of top managers. The argument of Building Strategy From the Middle is that rapidly developing technologies and competitive dynamics heighten needs for enhanced organizational competencies, which puts a premium on new ideas generated at the operating level and creates a shift in the strategic responsibilities within organizations. Strategic leadership now occurs not only at the top, but at all levels of the organization. This ground-breaking new book reframes the perspective taken in most strategy research in two key ways: by describing organizational renewal from a middle-level perspective and by reconceptualizing the theoretical basis for strategy process research. Part I of the book (Foundations) reviews the existing literature on the strategy process, including recent literature on strategic change renewal. Part II (New Theoretical Horizons) builds the theoretical basis for a middle level perspective, focusing on knowledge development, social network analysis, and organizational trust. Part III (Middle Level Perspective) moves from synthesizing existing research toward the development of a model for conducting research from a middle-level perspective.
