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Top down : why hierarchies are here to stay and how to manage them more effectively / Harold J. Leavitt.

By: Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2005.Description: xii, 189 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1591394988
Other title:
  • Top down : why hierarchies are here to stay and how to manage them more effectively
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD31 .L354 2005
Contents:
Why we don't like hierarchies -- Why hierarchies persist -- Humanizing and systemizing : two routes to organizational Eden -- Three changes that shook the hierarchy -- How big hierarchies cope with change -- The manager's authority : a double edged sword -- Beyond hierarchical authority: the middle manager as leader -- Three lessons every manager/leader ought to learn -- Hierarchies, managers and morality.

Includes bibliographical references (p.177-182) and index.

Why we don't like hierarchies -- Why hierarchies persist -- Humanizing and systemizing : two routes to organizational Eden -- Three changes that shook the hierarchy -- How big hierarchies cope with change -- The manager's authority : a double edged sword -- Beyond hierarchical authority: the middle manager as leader -- Three lessons every manager/leader ought to learn -- Hierarchies, managers and morality.

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