Simply Managing What Managers Do-And Can Do Better |
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Author:
| Mintzberg, Henry |
Narrated by:
| Drummond, David |
ISBN: | 978-1-4829-4869-1 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Pre-recorded MP3 player |
List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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This is a simplified, shortened, and updated version of the definitivetitle on management, Managing, frommanagement legend and bestselling author Henry Mintzberg.In Managing Mintzberg called attention to numerous popular but false views about the natureof managerial work and provided the best information yet published on whatmanagers do and how they do it. He analyzed models, characteristics, andapproaches to managing. He examined commonalities and differences in managingin various...
More DescriptionThis is a simplified, shortened, and updated version of the definitivetitle on management, Managing, frommanagement legend and bestselling author Henry Mintzberg.In Managing Mintzberg called attention to numerous popular but false views about the natureof managerial work and provided the best information yet published on whatmanagers do and how they do it. He analyzed models, characteristics, andapproaches to managing. He examined commonalities and differences in managingin various contexts, including business, government, health care, and socialservices. By shadowing twenty-nine managers through a day in their lives, herevealed how managing is affected by many factors-including national andindustry cultures, organizational differences, level of the manager in theorganization, and personal styles-and examined the various strategies thatmanagers adopt to deal with these factors.Simply Managing is the concentrated version of this book. In it Mintzberg presents the meat of his arguments and distills the lessons learned in hisresearch. Think of it as an expanded executive summary of the book, but onewritten by the author himself that maintains the integrity and feel of theoriginal. There is one new section, written specifically for this edition,where Mintzberg explains how to deal with technological demands and how managersuse, misuse, and can make the best use of digital devices and other informationtechnology.