Being the Boss

, by Gitlow, Abraham L.

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ISBN: 9781556236358 | 1556236352
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/1/1991

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Describes the qualities that leaders must possess for results, and tells how an effective leader can balance a position of authority with the power to motivate labor and achieve corporate success

Leadership, Power, and Organizational Structures	p. 1
Leadership and Power	p. 1
Is Leadership Divisible?	p. 3
Leadership, Changes in the Economic Environment, and the Exercise of Executive Power	p. 6
Consensus and the Exercise of Executive Power	p. 11
Executive Power and Organizational Structures	p. 12
Psychological Maturity, Leadership, and Corporate Governance	p. 16
Psychological Maturity	p. 16
Psychological Maturity, Leadership (Decision-Making Style), and the Exercise of Power	p. 19
Relationship to Structural Preferences	p. 20
The Exercise of Executive Power, Motivation, and the Strength of the Management Team	p. 22
Does Authority of Position Affect the CEO's Personality?	p. 26
Executive Power and the Board of Directors	p. 28
Control in the Modern Public Corporation	p. 28
The Emerging Importance of Institutional Shareholders	p. 30
The Functions of the Board; The Data Required and the Issues Faced	p. 35
The Power of the Board	p. 37
The Importance of Board Committees	p. 38
Are Board Directorships Desirable?	p. 40
Composition of the Board: The Traits Desired	p. 42
Litigation and Directorial Independence	p. 47
Is Long-Run Corporate Health Enhanced by CEO-Board Cooperation?	p. 52
Executive Power and Labor	p. 54
Is Labor Subservient?	p. 54
Points of Conflict between Executive Power and Labor	p. 56
The Instruments of Executive Power	p. 58
The Instruments of Labor's Power	p. 59
The Emerging Mutuality of Interest	p. 62
Government Regulation and Executive Power	p. 64
Types of Regulation	p. 64
Regulation, Litigation, and Executive Power	p. 65
Regulation, Litigation, and Outside Directors, Revisited	p. 70
Is Regulation a Deterrent to Misbehavior?	p. 72
Case of the Pharmaceutical Industry	p. 74
Role of the CEO in a Regulated Environment	p. 87
The Media and Executive Power	p. 89
A Stab at Definition	p. 89
Power of the Media	p. 90
Media's Corporate Culture	p. 91
Collision Points between Media and Other Business Corporations	p. 93
Fickleness of the Media	p. 96
CEO's Relative Weakness	p. 97
Investment Analysts, CEOs, and the Corporate Time Frame	p. 100
Crisis Management, The Media, and the CEO	p. 103
The Chief Executive and the Corporate Culture	p. 107
Meaning	p. 107
Components of Corporate Culture	p. 110
Corporate Culture and Executive Power	p. 112
Winning Consensus while Transforming Culture	p. 119
Role of the CEO	p. 121
CEO's Personal Responsibility in the Face of Failure	p. 122
Time, Changes in the Environment, and Corporate Culture	p. 124
Ethics and Executive Power	p. 127
Is Ethical Behavior by Business Important?	p. 127
Should Absolute Moral Standards Determine Ethicality?	p. 129
Is There a Gap between Idealized Ethical Standards and Actual Behavior?	p. 130
Do Corporations and Their CEOs Inherently Tend toward Unethical Behavior?	p. 134
Methods for Encouraging Ethical Behavior	p. 141
Do Business Schools Have a Responsibility?	p. 143
Egoism, Empire Building, Executive Power, and Estimating Risk	p. 146
Leveraging Frenzy of the 80s	p. 146
Some Data on the Decade	p. 147
Egoism, Leveraging, and Risk	p. 148
Fruehauf, Reliance Electric, and RJR Nabisco Cases	p. 154
Entrepreneurs and Professional Managers: Do They View Risk Differently?	p. 164
Executive Power and the Expanding Role of Women in Organizations	p. 166
Some Relevant Trends	p. 166
Changes in Law	p. 169
Problems in the Path to the Executive Suite	p. 171
Are There Psychological Barriers Women Face in Seeking and Exercising Executive Power?	p. 178
Women in the Boardroom	p. 183
Compensation Issues	p. 185
Entrepreneurship	p. 190
Winning and Keeping Executive Power	p. 193
Significant Traits	p. 193
What Preparation, if Any, Is Important?	p. 195
Is Influence Important?	p. 197
What Is the Relative Importance of Entrepreneurial and Managerial Skill?	p. 198
Executive Power and the Executive's "Hold" on His or Her Job	p. 201
Is the View from the Top Worth the Effort of the Climb?	p. 203
Conclusion	p. 205
Index	p. 213
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