TY - BOOK AU - Leavitt,Harold J. TI - Top down: why hierarchies are here to stay and how to manage them more effectively SN - 9781591394983 AV - HD31 .L354 2005 U1 - 658.4 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Harvard Business School Press KW - Employee empowerment KW - Executive ability KW - Hierarchies KW - Management KW - Organizational effectiveness KW - Print books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why we don't like hierarchies -- Why hierarchies persist -- Humanizing and systemizing : two routes to organizational Eden -- Three changes that shook the hierarchy -- How big hierarchies cope with change -- The manager's authority : a double edged sword -- Beyond hierarchical authority: the middle manager as leader -- Three lessons every manager/leader ought to learn -- Hierarchies, managers and morality ER -