Slack : getting past burnout, busywork, and the myth of total efficiency /
By: DeMarco, Tom
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BookPublisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2001.Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiv, 226 p. : ill ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0767907698Program: CSCI321 INFO303 ISIT318Subject(s): Industrial management | Job stress | Risk managementDDC classification: . Online resources: Location Map
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| 658 DA MA Management : | 658 DA MA Management / | 658 DE MA Managing human behavior in public and nonprofit organizations | 658 DE SL Slack : | 658 DE SL Slack : | 658 DE VE Development, growth and finance of organizations from an Eastern European context : | 658 DI CO Cornerstones of management : |
Includes index.
Pt. 1. Slack -- 1. Madmen in the Halls -- 2. Busyness -- 3. The Myth of Fungible Resource -- 4. When "Hurry Up" Really Means "Slow Down" -- 5. Managing Eve -- 6. Business Instead of Busyness -- Pt. 2. Lost, but Making Good Time -- 7. The Cost of Pressure -- 8. Aggressive Schedules -- 9. Overtime -- 10. A Little Sleight of Hand in the Accounting Department -- 11. Power Sweeper -- 12. The Second Law of Bad Management -- 13. Culture of Fear -- 14. Litigation -- 15. Process Obsession -- 16. Quality -- 17. Efficient and/or Effective -- 18. Management by Objectives -- Pt. 3. Change and Growth -- 19. Vision -- 20. Leadership and "Leadership" -- 21. Dilbert Reconsidered -- 22. Fear and Safety -- 23. Trust and Trustworthiness -- 24. Timing of Change -- 25. What Middle Management Is There For -- 26. Where Learning Happens -- 27. Danger in the White Space -- 28. Change Management -- Pt. 4. Risk and Risk Management -- 29. Uncommon Sense -- 30. Risk Management: The Minimal Prescription. 31. Working at Breakneck Speed -- 32. Learning to Live with Risk -- 33. The Needle in the Haystack.
CSCI321 INFO303 ISIT318