Managing professioanals

Bruijn, Hans de

Managing professioanals - Hoboken Routledge 2011 - 195 p. Includes bibliographical references and index

Managing Professionals deals with the tensions between managers and professionals within organizations, such as hospitals, universities, banks and judicial organizations. Often managers rely heavily on the skills and expertise of the professionals in their organizations, yet these professionals consider management a source of bureaucracy and paperwork. This tension is explored head on in order to answer the question of how to manage an organization effectively. With numerous real-world examples, the book analyzes the problems and complexities of management in professional organizations and maks recommendations on how to manage professionals.

978-0-415-56509-7


Conflict management
Corporate culture

C 658.3044 B83m