Stewardship : choosing service over self interest / Peter Block.
1996
658 B651s 1996
Available at 2nd (Main) Floor
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Title
Stewardship : choosing service over self interest / Peter Block.
Author
ISBN
1881052869 (alk. paper)
9781881052869 (alk. paper)
9781881052869 (alk. paper)
Imprint
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©1996.
Language
English
Description
xxiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
658 B651s 1996
System Control No.
(OCoLC)35253467
(OCoLC)35253467
(OCoLC)35253467
Summary
As a successful managing strategy for corporate. governmental, and nonprofit organizations, "stewardship" is, fundamentally, the spirit of partnership and service. This book explains how to integrate the management of work and the doing of work to redistribute purpose and power within an organization. --From publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Replacing leadership with stewardship
Choosing partnership over patriarchy
Choosing adventure over safety
Choosing service over self-interest
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
Cosmetic reform : when the disease becomes the cure
Recreating our organization through stewardship
Cynics, victims, and bystanders
Choosing freedom, service, and adventure.
Choosing partnership over patriarchy
Choosing adventure over safety
Choosing service over self-interest
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
Cosmetic reform : when the disease becomes the cure
Recreating our organization through stewardship
Cynics, victims, and bystanders
Choosing freedom, service, and adventure.
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