#1691751 in eBooks 2011-09-22 2011-09-22File Name: B005SQHAZO1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Challenges status quoBy Howard FrenchThe author introduces or expands on management concepts that generally conflict with operations in bureaucratic organitions, particularly in governmental settings. Yet, these concepts regarding knowledge workers and the management philosophy that enables them to excell are sound. What may be lacking to the practitioner is the "then what." Rather than a "how to" text, Professor Addleson challenges us to consIn Beyond Management: Taking Charge at Work, Mark Addleson goes beyond the easy platitudes of most authors on collaborative work to dig deep into the underpinnings of exactly how people work together in peer-to-peer relationships and networks. From this foundation his suggestions are well groundedTraditional management structures, systems,and tools, intended to make the first factories of the industrial ageefficient, are now obsolete. Applying them to knowledge-work has exactly the opposite effect, causing all kinds of breakdowns. This book explains why knowledge workers have to manage themselves and tells them how to do it.
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