Jeffrey Pfeffer is a leading voice in organizational behavior and effective management. His work delves into the critical aspects of power, leadership, and building successful organizations. Pfeffer explores how companies can achieve extraordinary results through smart people management and debunks common misconceptions in business practices. His writing offers insightful perspectives on what truly works in the dynamic world of commerce.
Confronts the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. This book identifies the causes of the knowing-doing gap and explains how to close it.
If you want to 'change lives, change organizations, change the world,' the Stanford business school's motto, you need power.
Providing an in-depth look at the role of power and influence in organizations, this book shows that its effective use is an essential component of strong leadership. It also looks at the personal attributes and the structural factors that can help managers advance organizational goals and achieve individual success.
“Pfeffer [blends] academic rigor and practical genius into wonderfully readable text. The leading thinker on the topic of power, Pfeffer here distills his wisdom into an indispensable guide.” —Jim Collins, author of New York Times bestselling author Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall Some people have it, and others don’t. Jeffrey Pfeffer explores why, in Power. One of the greatest minds in management theory and author or co-author of thirteen books, including the seminal business-school text Managing With Power , Jeffrey Pfeffer shows readers how to succeed and wield power in the real world.
Criticizes many common personnel management practices, and argues that policies such as job security and fair compensation result in greater profits in the long run.
Every day companies and their leaders fail to capitalize on opportunities because they misunderstand the real sources of business success.Based on his popular column in Business 2.0, Jeffrey Pfeffer delivers wise and timely business commentary that challenges conventional wisdom while providing data and insights to help companies make smarter decisions. The book contains a series of short chapters filled with examples, data, and insights that challenge questionable assumptions and much conventional management wisdom. Each chapter also provides guidelines about how to think more deeply and intelligently about critical management issues. Covering topics ranging from managing people to leadership to measurement and strategy, it’s good organizational advice, delivered by Dr. Pfeffer himself.
"Pfeffer has written one of the most important business books in a long time. All in all, a masterful, riveting performance".--Tom Peters.
