After months of drafting vision statements and rearranging organizational boxes, many companies have bogged down in the muddy terrain that separates theory from implementation, change on paper from change in reality. What went wrong? In their eagerness to unlock the creativity of the worker, some companies neglected a most valuable and necessary player in any change process – the middle manager.
Editor’s Note: written in early 1991 but still applicable…
Content: Article
Author: Jeanie Duck
Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Author: Jeanie Duck
Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
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