The Management Book, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (15 September 2011) © 2012

  • Richard Newton
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Table of contents

  • PART 1              YOU – A MANAGER?
  • The accidental manager
  • The things managers do
  • Success, happiness and the management career
  • Picturing your role
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  • PART 2              THE TEAM
  • The team starts with you
  • Assembling the team
  • What does your team want from you?
  • The ever-changing shape of the team
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  • PART 3              CREATING YOUR ROLE
  • Deciphering your boss
  • The imperfect boss
  • Think networks, not hierarchies
  • Creating your role
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  • PART 4              THE WORKING TEAM
  • Marching to the same tune
  • Cutting up the cake
  • Coach or controller?
  • No team is an island
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  • PART 5              THE PRODUCTIVE TEAM
  • Engaging and motivating the team
  • Keeping on track
  • Entitlement and fairness: reasonableness and imbalances
  • The curse and delight of meetings
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  • PART 6              THE WORKING MANAGER
  • The crunch: making decisions
  • Are you really prioritising?
  • Problems, barriers and conflicts
  • Dealing with change
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  • PART 7              THE SOPHISTICATED MANAGER
  • The myths of management science and predictable futures
  • Taking risks as a manager
  • Learning from the stoics
  • Language as a tool
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  • PART 8              THE COMPLETE MANAGER
  • What is a good job as a manager?
  • What else do you need to do?
  • Rights, wrongs, ethics and behaviour
  • Excelling in your career
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  • PART 9              THE DEVELOPING MANAGER
  • Help is at hand
  • Reaching externally
  • The tools for the job
  • Using your annual appraisal
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  • Conclusion
  • Index

 

 

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