Stewardship : choosing service over self-interest /
Block, Peter, 1939-
Stewardship : choosing service over self-interest / Peter Block. - First edition. - xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trading your kingdom for a horse: Replacing leadership with stewardship. Chosing partnership over patriarchy. Chosing adventure over safety. Chosing service over self-interest -- The redistribution of power, purpose, and wealth: Defining the stewardship contract. Upsetting expectations : the emotional work of stewardship Redesigning management practices and structures. Rethinking the role of staff functions. Financial practices : creating accountability with self-control. Human resources : ending the practice of paternalism. Compensation and performance evaluation : overturning the class system -- The triumph of hope over experience: Cosmetic reform : when the disease becomes the cure -- Recreating our organization through stewardship. Cynics, victims, and bystanders. Chosing freedom, service, and adventure. pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. pt. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. pt. 3. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Block presents models of stewardship, both for entire companies and for individuals, to produce reforms in such areas as human resource practices, performance appraisal, and the role of staff groups.
1881052281 (recycled, acid-free paper) 9781881052289 (recycled, acid-free paper)
93006597
Industrial management.
Industries--Social aspects.
Industrial management. Industries Social aspects. Management and Business Administration.
HD31 / .B54 1993
658
Stewardship : choosing service over self-interest / Peter Block. - First edition. - xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Trading your kingdom for a horse: Replacing leadership with stewardship. Chosing partnership over patriarchy. Chosing adventure over safety. Chosing service over self-interest -- The redistribution of power, purpose, and wealth: Defining the stewardship contract. Upsetting expectations : the emotional work of stewardship Redesigning management practices and structures. Rethinking the role of staff functions. Financial practices : creating accountability with self-control. Human resources : ending the practice of paternalism. Compensation and performance evaluation : overturning the class system -- The triumph of hope over experience: Cosmetic reform : when the disease becomes the cure -- Recreating our organization through stewardship. Cynics, victims, and bystanders. Chosing freedom, service, and adventure. pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. pt. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. pt. 3. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Block presents models of stewardship, both for entire companies and for individuals, to produce reforms in such areas as human resource practices, performance appraisal, and the role of staff groups.
1881052281 (recycled, acid-free paper) 9781881052289 (recycled, acid-free paper)
93006597
Industrial management.
Industries--Social aspects.
Industrial management. Industries Social aspects. Management and Business Administration.
HD31 / .B54 1993
658