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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783446003321

Autore

Scott Gini Graham

Titolo

A survival guide for working with bad bosses [[electronic resource] ] : dealing with bullies, idiots, back-stabbers, and other managers from hell / / Gini Graham Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : AMACOM, c2006

ISBN

1-281-12710-8

9786611127107

0-8144-2897-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

650.1/3

Soggetti

Conflict management

Interpersonal communication

Interpersonal conflict

Interpersonal relations

Managing your boss

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Not fit for command -- The no-boss boss -- The pass-the-buck boss -- Clueless but connected -- Scatterboss -- Critically clueless -- The dishonest "genius" -- That's unfair! -- On overload -- Only good enough to train others -- No back-up -- No excuses -- That's perfect - not! -- Promises, promises -- No trust -- You're great but -- Power players -- Just for sport -- Turning yeses into nos -- The wolf-in-sheep's-clothing -- Controlling the control freak -- Bad boss in a big bureaucracy -- Breaking through the bureaucracy -- It goes with the territory -- Who's the boss? -- Out of bounds -- Dirty looks -- A new boss is insulting and abusive -- Call 911 -- Drunk, disorderly, and untouchable -- The intrusive boss -- Party planner -- Cultural divide -- Ethical challenges -- Dealing with danger -- The cover-up -- It's a crime! -- Sex and faxes -- Give in to collective denial or leave? -- Putting it all together -- Bad boss or bad employee? -- How bad is your boss: a self-assessment quiz -- Knowing how to deal.

Sommario/riassunto

For anyone stuck with the ""boss from hell,"" here's a must-have



manual.