Out of the Box Thinking for Successful Managers

by William F. Roth

Overview

During the author‘s decades of experience consulting in the corporate world and teaching management theory at the university level, he has often questioned many modern-day management practices. For example, why do so many companies have evaluation and reward systems that force employees to compete against each other while these same organizations p

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040083772
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/15/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	412 KB

About the Author

William F. Roth, PhD is currently a professor at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and a Senior Fellow at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in strategic planning, organization design, and management theory. Previously he taught for sixteen years at DeSales University (Center Valley, Pennsylvania).

Dr. Roth earned his PhD in social systems sciences at the Wharton School, his master‘s degree in social work at the University of Pennsylvania, and his bachelor‘s degree in economic geography at Dartmouth College. As a management consultant, Dr. Roth has worked on design and regional planning projects in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Mexico, with The Drucker Foundation, the Deming Institute, the Association for Quality and Participation, and with a number of major corporations. Previously, he spent five years with the Poverty Program and the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South. Dr. Roth has authored six books, as well as more than 50 articles in a wide range of professional journals. His published works include: Quality Improvement: A Systems Perspective (1998), CRC Press; The Roots and Future of Management: A Systems Perspective (1999), CRC Press; Ethics in the Workplace: A Systems Perspective (2005), Pearson; The Evolution of Management Theory: Past, Present, Future, (1994), CRC Press; A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement (1991), Praeger; and Comprehensive Healthcare for the U.S.: An Idealized Model, (2010), CRC Press. He also writes fiction and has published several prize-winning short stories.

Table of Contents

Six Sigma: Or, Here We Go Again. Downsizing: The Cure That Can Kill. The Myth That Competition in the Workplace Is the Best Way to Increase Productivity. Is It Possibly Time for Management by Objective to Bite the Dust? Get Rid of Performance Appraisals. Doing It Wrong: Or, How Can Quality Improvement Efforts Possibly Get So Screwed Up? Doing It Right: Or, Moving Beyond the Baldrige. Who Makes the Most Productive Executive? How to Design More Profitable Businesses. The Matter of Ethics. Replacing the Protestant Work Ethic with the Development Ethic. Training for the Modern Age. Is a Better Approach to Improving Safety Possible? Unions: From Leadership to Playing Catch-Up. Reinterpreting the Concept of Laissez-Faire Economics.