Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World
Autor James M. Jasperen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 ian 2016
Getting other people to do what we want is a useful skill for anyone. Whether you’re seeking a job, negotiating a deal, or angling for that big promotion, you’re engaged in strategic thought and action. In such moments, you imagine what might be going on in another person’s head and how they’ll react to what you do or say. At the same time, you also try to pick the best way to realize your goals, both with and without the other person’s cooperation. Getting Your Way teaches us how to win that game by offering a fuller understanding of how strategy works in the real world.
As we all know, rules of strategy are regularly discovered and discussed in popular books for business executives, military leaders, and politicians. Those works with their trendy lists of pithy maxims and highly effective habits can help people avoid mistakes or even think anew about how to tackle their problems. But they are merely suggestive, as each situation we encounter in the real world is always more complex than anticipated, more challenging than we had hoped. James M. Jasper here shows us how to anticipate those problems before they actually occur—by recognizing the dilemmas all strategic players must negotiate, with each option accompanied by a long list of costs and risks. Considering everyday dilemmas in a broad range of familiar settings, from business and politics to love and war, Jasper explains how to envision your goals, how to make the first move, how to deal with threats, and how to employ strategies with greater confidence.
Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Rosa Parks, Hugo Chávez, and David Koresh all come into play in this smart and engaging book, one that helps us recognize and prepare for the many dilemmas inherent in any strategic action.
As we all know, rules of strategy are regularly discovered and discussed in popular books for business executives, military leaders, and politicians. Those works with their trendy lists of pithy maxims and highly effective habits can help people avoid mistakes or even think anew about how to tackle their problems. But they are merely suggestive, as each situation we encounter in the real world is always more complex than anticipated, more challenging than we had hoped. James M. Jasper here shows us how to anticipate those problems before they actually occur—by recognizing the dilemmas all strategic players must negotiate, with each option accompanied by a long list of costs and risks. Considering everyday dilemmas in a broad range of familiar settings, from business and politics to love and war, Jasper explains how to envision your goals, how to make the first move, how to deal with threats, and how to employ strategies with greater confidence.
Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Rosa Parks, Hugo Chávez, and David Koresh all come into play in this smart and engaging book, one that helps us recognize and prepare for the many dilemmas inherent in any strategic action.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226394770
ISBN-10: 0226394778
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226394778
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
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Notă biografică
James M. Jasper teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His previous books include The Art of Moral Protest and Restless Nation: Starting Over in America, both of which are published by the University of Chicago Press.
Cuprins
List of Dilemmas
Preface
Introduction: The Politics of Social Life
Chapter 1 - Starting Points
Initiation Is Rare — Advantages — Disadvantages — Knowing the Terrain — Accidental Engagements
Chapter 2 - Threats
The Power of the Negative — Insult — Deprivation — Incapacity — Moral Shocks — Blame — Intentional Threats
Chapter 3 - Goals
The Diversity of Goals — Reputation — Sensuality and Connection — Impact — Knowledge and Curiosity — Objectives — Relations among Goals — Changing Goals — Acts and Consequences — Appendix: Terms of Desire
Chapter 4 - Capacities
Means of Action — Resources — Intelligence — Individual Competencies — Reputations — Confidence and Agency — Organizational Capacities — Being There — Tastes in Tactics
Chapter 5 - Players as Audiences
Multiple Players — Creating Players — Segregating Audiences — Diverse Audiences and Alliances
Chapter 6 - Arenas
Kinds of Arenas — Relations among Arenas — Switching Arenas — Rules and Capacities — Structures — False Arenas
Conclusion: Thinking Through Dilemmas
Appendix: Rules of Strategic Action
Notes
Index
Preface
Introduction: The Politics of Social Life
Chapter 1 - Starting Points
Initiation Is Rare — Advantages — Disadvantages — Knowing the Terrain — Accidental Engagements
Chapter 2 - Threats
The Power of the Negative — Insult — Deprivation — Incapacity — Moral Shocks — Blame — Intentional Threats
Chapter 3 - Goals
The Diversity of Goals — Reputation — Sensuality and Connection — Impact — Knowledge and Curiosity — Objectives — Relations among Goals — Changing Goals — Acts and Consequences — Appendix: Terms of Desire
Chapter 4 - Capacities
Means of Action — Resources — Intelligence — Individual Competencies — Reputations — Confidence and Agency — Organizational Capacities — Being There — Tastes in Tactics
Chapter 5 - Players as Audiences
Multiple Players — Creating Players — Segregating Audiences — Diverse Audiences and Alliances
Chapter 6 - Arenas
Kinds of Arenas — Relations among Arenas — Switching Arenas — Rules and Capacities — Structures — False Arenas
Conclusion: Thinking Through Dilemmas
Appendix: Rules of Strategic Action
Notes
Index
Recenzii
"[An] original and distinctive take on the question of strategy. . . . A refreshingly alternative look at the human dilemmas at the heart of strategic decision-making."
"Getting Your Way gives us a fresh, powerful perspective on strategic action in social and economic life. It brings a robust theory of action and choice to sociology and political science as it breathes life into the sterile world of game theory and economics. Written with precision and flair, it is a must-read for anyone—academics or practitioners—interested in understanding and thriving in business, politics, organizations, and markets."
“What a bright and daring thinker! In Getting Your Way, James Jasper attacks the utilitarian view of strategy, which too often is imposed upon us by economists. Jasper leads us to the notion of strategic dilemmas which becomes one of the most efficient instruments of analysis. This is the most original and illuminating introduction to strategy that I have read.”
“Getting Your Way is a wondrous book—well-written, hard-driving, interesting, creative, and important. A gifted storyteller and a brilliant analyst, Jasper uses broad-ranging examples, drawing on personal experience, philosophy, and history to convey his message that much of social interaction is strategic. Throughout Jasper pushes his analysis in ways that challenge popular accounts of strategy—especially game theory—identifying their deficiencies and pointing the way forward. This is a fun book to read."
“[An] intelligent, provocative, and original exegesis of strategy as social interaction. . . . A valuable and original work, Getting Your Way should be read by scholars across a range of disciplines and by all individuals puzzling over their own strategic dilemmas.”