Managing Without Power
ln this provocative and wide
ranging new book, Belbin reviews and contextualises the biological, social and
intellectuał forces that have shaped the ways in which power, influence and the roles
ofmen and women have evolved. Looking at the key moments in our long social development
Belbin draws out the underłying forces that explain:
How very earły human society
was regulated not through power but organie balance
Why the balance of power
between the sexes was radically altered as organized societies grew
What roles of the new forces
of communications and technology create for men and women
That the presenfthird era'of
human evolution is one of confusion and uncertainty in termsoforganizational roles
This book is a deep and
searching anałysis of the ways in which we have tried to create sustainable communities
and organizations, and how we interact within them. In particular it demonstrates that
human evolution has come fuli cirde allowing women to once again manage, not as wielders
of power but as agents for restoring balance in communities and formulating the needs of
organizations.
CONTENTS:
The age of respect - in the
beginning
Echoes of the past
The great migration
The age of power - the fali
of Eve
Advance the conqueror
Problems for rulers
The inefficiencies of power;
The age of accommodation -a change offocus
The resurrection ofEve
The genetic legacy
Gender relationships
A changing culture
A questionofleadership
Twomodesofmanagement
Appendices - commentary on
cartoon themes
Icons of the prime genetic
archetypes
From eguality to mutuality.
READERSHIP: Students of
management, organisational development and life.
160 pages