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  • 1.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 09:06
    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



  • 2.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 09:57
    Try to search for upward influence tactics.

    Bård
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    Dear colleagues,

    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?

    Thank you,
    Ricardo

    --
    Ricardo Azambuja
    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management
    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School
     


  • 3.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 10:15

    HBS has an article with that title.

     

    Managing Your Boss

     

    I hope this helps.

    Mike Prov

     

    _______________________________________________________

     

    Michael J. Provitera, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior

    School of Adult and Continuing Education, Barry University, Miami, Florida, USA

    18958 South Dixie Highway, Cutler Bay, FL 33157

    Phone: 305-969-5833 - Fax: 305-969-5971

    Website: http://www.barry.edu/ace/about/bio/michael-provitera.html

     

     

     

     


     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv <OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU> on behalf of Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@HOTMAIL.COM>
    Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 1:05 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss
     
    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



  • 4.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 10:16
    I like the book "Leading Up" by Useem

    On Monday, August 19, 2013, Ricardo Azambuja wrote:
    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



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  • 5.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 10:58
    Excellent practitioner tips in this article, plus a few more references for further reading: 


    Best,
    Jennifer 


    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     




  • 6.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 11:33
    There's also "The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know" by Ritti & Levy.

    John Yudelson, Ph.D.
    California State University Channel Islands
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Ricardo Azambuja [rdma76@HOTMAIL.COM]
    Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:05 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



  • 7.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-19-2013 21:09

    Robert I. Sutton's boo, "Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best and Learn from the Worst" might be helpful

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Webb
    Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:58 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

     

    Excellent practitioner tips in this article, plus a few more references for further reading: 

     

     

    Best,

    Jennifer 

     

    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?

     

    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     

     



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  • 8.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-20-2013 03:40

    Take a look at my new book, The 'I' of Leadership: Strategies for seeing, being and doing (Jossey-Bass) – the analysis, especially about the technique of "decentering", is relevant to understanding self-other boss-subordinate relationships.

     

    Cheers!

     

    Nigel Nicholson

    Professor

    Department of Organisational Behaviour

    London Business School

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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Kuo Frank YU
    Sent: 20 August 2013 02:09
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

     

    Robert I. Sutton's boo, "Good Boss, Bad Boss: How to Be the Best and Learn from the Worst" might be helpful

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Jennifer Webb
    Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 10:58 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

     

    Excellent practitioner tips in this article, plus a few more references for further reading: 

     

     

    Best,

    Jennifer 

     

    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?

     

    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     

     

     

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  • 9.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-20-2013 09:49
    Does anyone besides me find it sad that OB/HR can offer no evidence-based and applicable knowledge on such a common organizational issue?

    Mike


    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Dear colleagues,


    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?


    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     




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    Professor - Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, 
    Department of Management, 
    Research Professor, Department of Psychology
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    301 West Main Street, PO Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    voice: 804.827.0209


  • 10.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-20-2013 15:41

    Yes Mike I find it sad too : (  -  but on the other hand "how to manage your boss" is very vague.  A bit like if you asked for information about "how to manage people" or "how to create world peace".  As in all these situations one needs to find more specific questions or problems or challenges then perhaps (and only perhaps) some evidence-based knowledge can be identified and applied.

     

    Cheers

     

    Rob

     

    Rob B Briner | Professor of Organizational Psychology | School of Management | University of Bath

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael A McDaniel
    Sent: 20 August 2013 14:49
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

     

    Does anyone besides me find it sad that OB/HR can offer no evidence-based and applicable knowledge on such a common organizational issue?

     

    Mike

     

    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?

     

    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



     

    --

    Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D.

    Professor - Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, 

    Department of Management, 

    Research Professor, Department of Psychology

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    301 West Main Street, PO Box 844000

    Richmond, VA 23284-4000

    voice: 804.827.0209



  • 11.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-20-2013 21:18
    No need to be sad, guys.  There is a significant cache of evidence on this topic.  Perhaps because Ricardo asked for practitioner-oriented literature those familiar with the considerable research on upward influence in organizations didn't weigh in.  Also note the literature on issue selling and bottom-up change.

    Chris

    Christine Quinn Trank
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Rob Briner [rbb25@MANAGEMENT.BATH.AC.UK]
    Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 2:41 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

    Yes Mike I find it sad too : (  -  but on the other hand "how to manage your boss" is very vague.  A bit like if you asked for information about "how to manage people" or "how to create world peace".  As in all these situations one needs to find more specific questions or problems or challenges then perhaps (and only perhaps) some evidence-based knowledge can be identified and applied.

     

    Cheers

     

    Rob

     

    Rob B Briner | Professor of Organizational Psychology | School of Management | University of Bath

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael A McDaniel
    Sent: 20 August 2013 14:49
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

     

    Does anyone besides me find it sad that OB/HR can offer no evidence-based and applicable knowledge on such a common organizational issue?

     

    Mike

     

    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:

    Dear colleagues,

     

    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?

     

    Thank you,

    Ricardo


    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja

    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management

    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School

     



     

    --

    Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D.

    Professor - Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, 

    Department of Management, 

    Research Professor, Department of Psychology

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    301 West Main Street, PO Box 844000

    Richmond, VA 23284-4000

    voice: 804.827.0209



  • 12.  how to manage one's boss

    Posted 08-20-2013 21:21
    Here are some citations for a few good articles on that topic:
     
    Maruca, R. F., Milhaven, J. M., Benasutti, M., Lipton, M., Hatsopoulos, G. N., Beckert, D., & Miller, W. D. (2000). When the Boss Won't Budge. Harvard Business Review, 78(1), 25-38.
     
    Gabarro, J. J., & Kotter, J. P. (1993). Managing your boss. Harvard Business Review, 71, 150-150.
     
    Cooper, C. L., Makin, P., & Cox, C. (1993). Managing the boss. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 14(5), 28-32.
     
    Forray, J. M. (1995). A good relationship with the boss pays off. The Academy of Management Executive, 9(1), 79-79.
     
     
    All the best,
    Celeste Brotheridge, Professor
    ESG-UQAM

    From: Rob Briner <rbb25@MANAGEMENT.BATH.AC.UK>
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:41:14 PM
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss

    Yes Mike I find it sad too : (  -  but on the other hand "how to manage your boss" is very vague.  A bit like if you asked for information about "how to manage people" or "how to create world peace".  As in all these situations one needs to find more specific questions or problems or challenges then perhaps (and only perhaps) some evidence-based knowledge can be identified and applied.
     
    Cheers
     
    Rob
     
    Rob B Briner | Professor of Organizational Psychology | School of Management | University of Bath
     
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael A McDaniel
    Sent: 20 August 2013 14:49
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] how to manage one's boss
     
    Does anyone besides me find it sad that OB/HR can offer no evidence-based and applicable knowledge on such a common organizational issue?
     
    Mike
     
    On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Ricardo Azambuja <rdma76@hotmail.com> wrote:
    Dear colleagues,
     
    A student asked me some practitioner-oriented literature on 'how to manage her boss' – could someone send me some tips?
     
    Thank you,
    Ricardo

    -- 
    Ricardo Azambuja
    Post-Doctoral Fellow @ Grenoble École de Management
    Doctoral Candidate @ ESSEC Business School
     


     
    --
    Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D.
    Professor - Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, 
    Department of Management, 
    Research Professor, Department of Psychology
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    301 West Main Street, PO Box 844000
    Richmond, VA 23284-4000
    voice: 804.827.0209