{"product_id":"business-without-bosses-isbn-9780471127253","title":"Business Without Bosses","description":"The Truth About Teams\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"If you're considering self-managing teams for your own business, Business Without Bosses should be on your reading list.\" -Managing Office Technology\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Anyone who wants to become or stay a manager needs to master this book's practical and philosophical lessons.\" -Allan R. Cohen Vice President, Academic Affairs, Babson College and author, The Portable MBA in Management and Influence without Authority\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The 'real-world' case studies will appeal to executives who need answers, not theory, about self-managed teams.\" -William Band Vice President, Rath \u0026amp; Strong, Inc., management consultants and the author of Creating Value for Customers and Touchstones\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This insider's tour shows you how organizations including Texas Instruments, IDS Financial Services, and W. L. Gore \u0026amp; Associates have discarded the old concept of \"boss\" and flourished with a new and effective team management style. Charles C. Manz, Ph.D. and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Ph.D., the authors of SuperLeadership, use real-world examples of success and failure to guide you through the intricacies of teamwork in a variety of service and manufacturing settings and in all stages of development. Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Boss as Corporate Dinosaur.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On the Road to Teams: Overcoming the Middle Management Brick Wall.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Day-to-Day Team Experience: Roles, Behaviors, and Performance of Mature Self-Managing Teams.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Good and the Bad of Teams: A Practical Look at Successes and Challenges.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Early Implementation Phase: Getting Teams Started in the Office.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Illusion of Self-Management: Using Teams to Disempower.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Self-Management Without Formal Teams: The Organization as Team.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Teams and Total Quality Management: An International Application.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Strategy Team: Teams at the Top.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Business Without Bosses Through Teams: What Have We Learned?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Where Are We Going?.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Endnotes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cb\u003eCHARLES C. MANZ\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Management at Arizona State University. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eMastering Self-Leadership: Empowering Yourself for Personal Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHENRY P. SIMS, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e Ph.D., is Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Maryland. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSuperLeadership: Leading Others to Lead Themselves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Leadership Paradigm\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Thinking Organization\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Truth About Teams\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you're considering self-managing teams for your own business, Business Without Bosses should be on your reading list.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManaging Office Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who wants to become or stay a manager needs to master this book's practical and philosophical lessons.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAllan R. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e Vice President, Academic Affairs, Babson College and author, \u003ci\u003eThe Portable MBA in Management and Influence without Authority\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The 'real-world' case studies will appeal to executives who need answers, not theory, about self-managed teams.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eWilliam Band\u003c\/b\u003e Vice President, Rath \u0026amp; Strong, Inc., management consultants and the author of Creating Value for Customers and Touchstones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis insider's tour shows you how organizations including Texas Instruments, IDS Financial Services, and W. L. Gore \u0026amp; Associates have discarded the old concept of \"boss\" and flourished with a new and effective team management style. Charles C. Manz, Ph.D. and Henry P. Sims, Jr., Ph.D., the authors of \u003ci\u003eSuperLeadership\u003c\/i\u003e, use real-world examples of success and failure to guide you through the intricacies of teamwork in a variety of service and manufacturing settings and in all stages of development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988874379493,"sku":"NP9780471127253","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471127253.jpg?v=1761781869","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/business-without-bosses-isbn-9780471127253","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}