Henry Mintzberg first became a star with his 1973 classic book, The Nature of Managerial Work, which overturned many standard views of what managers do and how they do it. Since then, Mintzberg has written many other important and bestselling books, such as The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning and Managers Not MBAs. In this new book Mintzberg provides the most comprehensive, most authoritative, and most revealing examination of managing yet written. He updates his pathbreaking and influential findings in The Nature of Managerial Work, comprehensively analyzes research on managing over th.
Her enlightening examples, helpful exercises, and lifesaving tips make this book the new go-to guide for all those managers looking to love their jobs again.
Answering the perplexing question of how does one lead and manage younger employees, this book Offers research-based guidance on getting the most from twenty-something employees Answers common questions and outlines practical solutions for ...
Outsourcing is not a new phenomenon: in major production industries such as automotives, the outsourcing of initially noncore and latterly core functions and services has been progressively used since the 1930s (Macaulay, 1966).
... who reviewed the initial draft, among them Lee Broadston, Bette Curd, Jim Clifton, Bob Dean, Dr. John Dykes, Sherry and Eldin Ehrlich, Robert E. Gordon Sr., Steve Grizzell, Elyse Harris, Denise McLain, Gregg Murray, Connie Rath, ...
Whether you need a crash course or a brief refresher, each book in the series is a concise, practical primer that will help you brush up on a key management topic.
This book goes beyond the standard measures of success in the corporate world--size and volume--to describe a way to gauge a company's success based on the quality of service available to its customers and the quality of life accessible to ...
Paul Lawrence made this point many years ago in his classic Harvard Business Review article “How to Deal With Resistance to Change.”5 In looking at interrelationships among employees Lawrence found that change originating among ...
This new and thoroughly revised edition of the best sellingPersonnel Management text by Stephen Bach provides anauthoritative analysis of the latest developments in the field forstudents and professionals. new chapters reflect the ...
The court concluded that plaintiffs can indeed challenge “subjective evaluations which could easily mask covert or unconscious race discrimination.” Although courts are careful not to assign responsibility easily for unintentional ...
Managing the Strategy Process: A Framework for a Multibusiness Firm