{"product_id":"working-the-shadow-side-gerard-egan-9780787900113","title":"Working the Shadow Side: A Guide to Positive Behind-The-Scenes Management","description":"Offers managers, consultants, and employees alike a practicalstarter kit that reveals how to identify, manage, and gain valuefrom the below-the surface activities in an organization. Drawingon his worldwide consulting, teaching, and research experience, Gerard Egan shows how to create opportunity and competitiveadvantage by learning how to manage shadow-side realities. Heidentifies five interactive categories of behavior that affect bothproductivity and quality of work life in today'sorganizations--covert culture, the idiosyncrasies of individuals, the interactions of the organization's social system, institutionalpolitics, and the hidden organization--and details specific skillsand strategies for mining economic value from each one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Harness the covert aspects of your organization -- covert culture, individual idiosyncrasies, institutional politics -- forcompetitive advantage. World-renown consultant, teacher andresearcher Gerard Egan identifies five shadow side work behaviors, and details specifics for mining the economic value of each.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerard Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0787900117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780787900113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.28w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1994 pg. 218","brand":"Gerard Egan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059695218943,"sku":"9780787900113","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dadb8433-2040-4cd4-9c5f-4933e22b4a72.jpg?v=1685059780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/working-the-shadow-side-gerard-egan-9780787900113","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}