Leading geeks how to manage and lead people who deliver technology

Winner of the 2003 Financial Times Germany/getAbstract Business & Finance Book Award Leading Geeks challenges the conventional wisdom that leadership methods are universal and gives executives and managers the understanding they need to manage and lead the technologists on whom they have become...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glen, Paul, 1965- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass c2003.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Warren Bennis signature series.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627937306719
Table of Contents:
  • Leading Geeks; Contents; Editor's Note, Warren Bennis; Foreword, David H. Maister; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Overview: The Challenge of Geeks; 1. Geeks, Leadership, and Geek Leadership; Part One: The Context of Geek Leadership; 2. The Essential Geek; 3. Groups of Geeks; 4. The Nature of Geekwork; 5. Performing Geekwork; Part Two: The Content of Geek Leadership; 6. Nurturing Motivation; 7. Providing Internal Facilitation; 8. Furnishing External Representation; 9. Managing Ambiguity; 10. Selecting and Organizing Geekwork; 11. Uniting Geeks and Geekwork
  • Conclusion: Harmonizing Context and Content12. How Geek Leaders Lead; Appendix: Models and Lists; Notes; References; The Author; Index