An edition of Peopleware (1987)

Peopleware

Productive Projects and Teams

2nd ed.

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An edition of Peopleware (1987)

Peopleware

Productive Projects and Teams

2nd ed.

by and

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Dorset House Pub.
Language
English
Pages
245

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Subjects

Management, Organizational effectiveness, Project management, Organizational behavior, Organisationsverhalten, Organização (administração), Administração, Hd31 .d4222 1999, 658.3/14
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Cover of: Nao li mi ji chan ye de ren cai guan li zhi dao
Nao li mi ji chan ye de ren cai guan li zhi dao
2007, Jing ji xin chao she
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: Человеческий фактор
Человеческий фактор: успешные проекты и команды
2005, NMBO
in Russian
Cover of: Peopleware
Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
1999, Dorset House Pub.
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: Peopleware
Peopleware: productive projects and teams
1987, Dorset House Pub. Co.
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First Sentence

"Most of us managers are prone to one particular failing: a tendency to manage people as though they were modular components."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Page ix
Preface to the Second Edition
Page xi
Preface to the First Edition
Page xiiii
I. Managing the Human Resource
Page 1
1. Somewhere Today, a Project is Failing
Page 3
2. Make a Cheeseburger, Sell a Cheeseburger
Page 7
3. Vienna Waits for You
Page 13
4. Quailty - If Time Permits
Page 19
5. Parkinson's Law Revisited
Page 24
II. The Office Environment
Page 35
7. The Furniture Police
Page 37
8. "You Never Get Anything Done Around Here Between 9 and 5"
Page 42
9. Saving Money on Space
Page 51
Intermezzo. Productivity Measureent and Unidentified Flying Objects
Page 58
10. Brain Time Versus Body Time
Page 62
11. The Telephone
Page 69
12. Bring Back The Door
Page 75
13. Taking Umbrella Steps
Page 81
III. The Right People
Page 93
14. The Hornblower Factor
Page 95
15. Hiring a Juggler
Page 100
16. Happy to Be Here
Page 105
17. The Self-Healing System
Page 113
IV. Growing Productive Teams
Page 121
18. The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts
Page 123
19. The Black Team
Page 129
20. Teamicide
Page 132
21. A Spaghetti Dinner
Page 140
22. Open Kimono
Page 143
23. Chemistry fo Tea Formation
Page 150
V. It's Supposed to Be Fun to Work Here
Page 157
24. Chaos and Order
Page 159
25. Free Electrons
Page 167
26. Holgar Dansk
Page 171
VI. Son of Peopleware
Page 175
27. Teamicide Revisited
Page 177
28. Copetition
Page 181
29. Process Improvement Programs
Page 186
30. Making Change Possible
Page 194
31. Huan Capital
Page 202
32. Organizational Learning
Page 209
33. The Ultimate Management Sin Is...
Page 215
34. The Making of Community
Page 222
Notes
Page 227
Bibliography
Page 233
Index
Page 239
About the Authors
Page 248

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index.

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New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.3/14
Library of Congress
HD31 .D4222 1999

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xiv, 245 p. :
Number of pages
245

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OL31274M
ISBN 10
0932633439
ISBN 13
9780932633439
LCCN
99011525
Library Thing
17188
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