Sacked! : why good people get fired and how to avoid it /
Richard Gould.
- New York : Wiley, c1986.
- xii, 202 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliography: p. 193 and index.
Success Is Not Enough: Who Is at Risk? Collision Course: The Road to Termination; More Than Meets the Eye: The Dynamics of a Personality Clash; Whose Dream is This Anyway: Irreconciliable Strategies for Success; At Odds with the Establishment: Incompatible Management Ideals; Who Expects What From Whom: Conflict Over Organizational Roles; I Have Seen The Enemy: How to Take Command of Your Future; A Guide for the Boss: How to Avoid Firing Good People.
Managers are rarely fired for incompetence - and many of the fired executives were actually considered good performers by their superiors. This book helps every manager and professional understand and deal with a pervasive business reality most of us regard as inconceivable - until it happens.