The Managerial Mystique: Restoring Leadership in Business - Hardcover

Zaleznik, Abraham (1924-)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060161051 ISBN 13: 9780060161057

Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1989

Synopsis

Business has gone overboard in stressing order & predictability over the visionary thinking & bold actions emblematic of true leadership. Too many American companies are hobbled by conservative management practices & thus are unable to compete effectively in the international market. Calling for change in the status quo, the author demonstrates the dangers of managerial tunnel vision, questions the lessons of todays elite MBA programs, & discloses the elements of successful leadership. This timely & persuasive book should be required reading for would-be managers & leaders. A profound book.

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In this study of modern corporate management, Harvard Business School professor Zaleznik ( Power and the Corporate Mind ) examines the phenomenon of charismatic leaders (Lee Iacocca, Ronald Reagan), the role of young MBAs, the often merely theoretical nature of business ethics, the "deniability" cloak for top echelons in corporate scandals and other nettlesome aspects of business today. Management leaders must project a company's future, know what to do and be persistent in implementing decisions, stresses the author, but compulsively "professional" executives seeking efficiency, cooperation and control can stir up undesirable internal politics. Zaleznik repeatedly cites Niccolo Machiavelli's advice on ruling, which is at once more specific than the treatise at hand and more concise.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: New York : Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060161051
• ISBN 13: 9780060161057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 307