Douglas McGregor, Revisited - Hardcover

by Gary Heil (Author), Warren Bennis (Author), Deborah C. Stephens (Author)

Douglas McGregor ist einer der Gründerväter des zeitgenössischen Managementgedankens. Vor über 50 Jahren untersuchte er, welche Bedeutung Mitarbeiter für ein Unternehmen haben. Er gelangte zu der Überzeugung, da ein Unternehmen - will es erfolgreich sein - sich die Intelligenz, den Enthusiasmus und das Engagement aller seiner Mitarbeiter zunutze machen mu . Damit war McGregor seiner Zeit voraus; heutige Firmenchefs sind gerade dabei, diese Lektion zu lernen.
"Douglas McGregor on Management" spiegelt den dauerhaften Einflu von McGregors Ansichten auf aktuelle Führungsfragen wider, wie z.B. Open Book Mangement und Empowerment. Dieser Band stellt 10 Prinzipien vor, die auf McGregors Überzeugungen beruhen und von denen Manager in allen Positionen lernen können. Co-Autor war Warren Bennis, ehemaliger Student, Mitarbeiter und enger Freund von McGregor.

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"With every passing year, McGregor's message becomes ever more relevant, more timely, and more important."
--Peter F. Drucker

"The world that Douglas McGregor spoke of is here. ... Those businesses that thrive today are not necessarily those with the most valuable resources, the greatest market share, or the most capital (though none of these hurt); rather, those businesses that are able to tap their human potential in the most productive manner are the ones who enjoy enduring success. This is the world that Douglas McGregor envisioned."
--from Douglas McGregor, Revisited

The words of Douglas McGregor, one of the fore-fathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time, cannot and should not be ignored. McGregor's vision of a more humanistic workplace may not have been widely accepted over three decades ago, but technological advancements that McGregor himself anticipated have paradoxically helped companies become more human. Viewing employees not as cogs in the machine but as living beings with individual goals-what McGregor called "the human side of the enterprise"-has proven to provide a remarkable competitive advantage.

Now, with the rise of the networked economy, the growing power of frontline workers, and the shift in power from mass producer to individual consumer, authors Gary Heil, Warren Bennis, and Deborah Stephens assert that McGregor's ideas are more important and relevant than ever before.

Douglas McGregor, Revisited emphasizes McGregor's lasting influence and updates his thinking with new concepts, fresh strategies, and modern implementation. This timely work traces McGregor's original thinking, which has emerged in current approaches that stress distributed leadership, open-minded appraisal techniques, and employee/customer commitment.

Highlighted throughout with gems of wisdom in McGregor's own words, the book describes the value of his theories for today's managers. The authors carefully outline how to put McGregor's thinking into practice in your own business so you can:

• Devise a better performance management system
• Form and supervise effective management teams
• Build cooperation instead of internal competition
• Cultivate an intrinsically motivating, values-driven workplace
• Create a cause worthy of employee commitment

Also featured are examples from a host of companies and leaders who have flourished under McGregor's approach.

Authoritative and highly instructive, Douglas McGregor, Revisited offers new generations of managers important lessons from history and from the field.

Author Biography

GARY HEIL and DEBORAH C. STEPHENS are cofounders of the Center for Innovative Leadership. They are the coauthors of One Size Fits One and collaborators on Maslow On Management. Heil is also the author of Leadership and the Customer Revolution.

WARREN BENNIS is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California and a consultant to multinational companies and governments throughout the world. Author of over a dozen books, including the bestsellers Leaders and On Becoming a Leader, Bennis's insights have fundamentally shaped the way we think about leaders today.