| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 210 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
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 backup -- No excuses -- That's perfect -- not! -- Promises, promises -- No trust -- You're great but -- Power players -- Just for sport -- Turning yeses into no's -- 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? an assessment quiz -- Knowing how to deal. |
| Summary |
The sad fact is that the majority of people in the workforce have a less than perfect relationship with their supervisor and many of them consider themselves to be working for "a bad boss". But what can they do about it, short of leaving their job? "A Survival Guide for Working with Bad Bosses" gives readers all the guidance they so desperately need not just to survive, but thrive while reporting to someone incompetent, mean, unethical, or even worse. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Managing your boss.
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Managing your boss. |
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Interpersonal relations.
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Interpersonal relations. |
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Conflict management.
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Conflict management. |
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Interpersonal conflict.
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Interpersonal conflict. |
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Interpersonal communication.
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Interpersonal communication. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scott, Gini Graham. Survival guide for working with bad bosses. New York : AMACOM, ©2006 0814472982 (DLC) 2005015769 (OCoLC)60558699 |
| ISBN |
0814428975 (electronic book) |
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9780814428979 (electronic book) |
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9780814472989 |
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0814472982 |
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1281127108 |
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9781281127105 |
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