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Managing People in a Downturn

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  • © 2011

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  1. Adrian Furnham

    1. University College London, UK

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Table of contents (75 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 1-14

  3. Ability, aspiration, attitude

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 15-16

  4. The abnormal boss

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 17-19

  5. Achieving staff engagement

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 20-22

  6. The annual company conference

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 23-25

  7. Anti-management ideas on management apologetics

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 26-28

  8. Blind dates and speed dating

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 29-30

  9. Bridge employment

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 31-32

  10. Business and the media

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 33-34

  11. Changeability, malleability and adaptability

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 35-37

  12. City survivor’s guilt

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 38-39

  13. Cock-ups and cover-ups at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 40-41

  14. Communicate, communicate, communicate

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 42-44

  15. Conspiracy at work

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 45-46

  16. Dark triads and toxic triangles

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 47-48

  17. Dealing with opponents

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 49-50

  18. Defending the self

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 51-54

  19. The disaffected worker

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    Pages 55-57

  20. Divergent thinking

    • Adrian Furnham
    Pages 58-60
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A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style.

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  • University College London, UK

    Adrian Furnham

About the author

ADRIAN FURNHAM is Professor of Psychology at University College, London, UK. He is on the editorial board of a number of journals, has received many awards, and was recognized as the most productive psychologist in the world from 1980 to 1989. He is the author of over 600 journal articles and more than 40 books, including successful, popular management books. He acts as a consultant to a number of bodies including HM Government, British Airways, HBOS and SAP and also a number of multinational corporations. He writes regular columns in The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times and is a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television.

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