Monthly Archives: March 2010

20 Mar, 2010

Stratified Systems Theory: Part IX

By Leslie Pratch Henry came into a service firm at age 24 as a manager. The company’s founder and CEO held out the promise of rapid advancement for his most talented employees. Henry did well and in his second year began to display such an interest in and grasp of his boss’s work that when [...]

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01 Mar, 2010

Stratified Systems Theory: Part VIII

By Leslie Pratch Circumventing the Boss Now let’s look at a situation in middle management. Jeff was his boss’s star direct report. He generated useful ideas and his boss, Ken, didn’t mind giving him credit for them. He was grooming Jeff to succeed him and hoped that Jeff’s potential would encourage higher management to promote [...]

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