Executive - Hardcover

Levinson, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674273958 ISBN 13: 9780674273955

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1981

Synopsis

Executives today encounter social, psychological, and technical problems undreamed of by their predecessors. To help meet these challenges, Levinson has written a thorough and timely revision of his acknowledged classic, The Exceptional Executive.

In Executive the author has added new material emphasizing the need for executive flexibility the ability to work with multiple constituencies, to mitigate tensions between middle and top management, to comprehend the social context within which business operates and to understand the needs of women and minorities. He has also added fourteen case studies that illuminate these major themes and problems.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this revision to The Exceptional Executive, the author has added new material emphasizing the need for executive flexibility--the ability to work with multiple constituencies, to mitigate tensions between middle and top management, to comprehend the social context within which business operates, and to understand the needs of women and minorities.

Review:

A Wealth of information on organizations, work, motivation, human relations, and psychoanalysis. (Wall Street Journal)

Enlarges our understanding of the reasons for the disquieting1y poor performance of the American economy since the late 1960s Harry Levinson, one of the leaders of the humanrelations school of management, urges executives to become teachers and mentors. (Robert Lekachman New York Times Book Review)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0674273958
• ISBN 13: 9780674273955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 382