Managing power and people - Seperich, George J., 1944- (Delhi : Prentice Hall Of India private limited, 2006)
Managing power -- Introduction -- Fear -- Sources of organizational power -- Overview of the power sources -- The power structure of an organization -- The power of group membership -- Usurping and assuming power -- Power and authority -- Entitled power -- Authority of resource providers: introduction -- Who are the resource providers? -- The authority of service providers -- Managing people -- Introduction to the concept of focus management -- Focus management -- The five steps of focus management -- Managing entitled power with focus skills -- The power of persuasion -- The resource of leadership in managing people -- The management action process -- Managership -- Strategy, management and power -- Managing with combined power and focus -- The power management process.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-256) and index.
Keywords: Personnel management; Organizational behavior; Power (Social sciences); Organizational effectiveness