Traditional empowerment has been labeled little more than a fad, because it often produces less-than-desirable results. This book explains why past methods failed, and offers fresh concepts and techniques to make empowerment effective. It explores developments in virtual organization, change management, and empowerment.
Today's managers face increased responsibilities -- and delegating some of the load to equally responsible personnel was once a "nice" gesture, but now a necessity. Traditional "empowerment", though a desirable strategy, has often produced less than desirable results. Managing by Remote Control offers new concepts and techniques to make empowerment practical, explaining why and how past methods failed -- and now replaced by more effective measures for enabling capable support staff to make decisions, and solve problems as if a manager were always present. By comparing his techniques and philosophies to the functions of a TV set's remote control device, Garber takes an entertaining and humorous approach to the subject.
