The Essence of Managing
Henry Mintzberg appreciates that managers are busy people. So he has taken his classic book Managing, done some updating, and distilled its essence into a lean 176 pages of text.
The essence of the book remains the same- what Mintzberg learned from observing twenty-nine managers in settings ranging from a refugee camp to a symphony orchestra. Simply Managing considers the intense dynamics of this job as well as its inescapable conundrums, for example-
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How is anyone supposed to think, let alone think ahead, in this frenetic job?
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Are leaders really more important than managers?
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Where has all the judgment gone?
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Is email destroying management practice?
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How can managers connect when their job disconnects them from what they are managing?
If you read only one book about managing, this should be it!
By:
Henry Mintzberg
Imprint: Berrett Koehler
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 213mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781609949235
ISBN 10: 1609949234
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 01 January 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Welcome to Simply Managing 1--Managing Beyond the Myths What management is and isn’t Leadership versus communityship Management as a practice, not a profession Managing’s not changing 2--Managing Relentlessly The pressures of managerial work The pace, the action, the interruptions Soft communicating Managing across, not just “down” Managing as controlled disorder Managing the Internet 3--Managing Information, People, Action A model of managing Controlling and communicating Leading and linking Doing and dealing Well-rounded managing 4--Managing Every Which Way The untold varieties of managing In culture, sector, industry, and organization At the top, middle, and bottom As an art, craft, and science Postures of managing Managing beyond the manager 5--Managing on Tightropes The inescapable conundrums of managing The syndrome of superficiality The dilemma of delegating The mysteries of measuring The clutch of confidence The ambiguity of acting—and others 6--Managing Effectively Getting to the essence of managing The inevitably flawed manager Happily and unhappily managed organizational families A framework for effectiveness Selecting, assessing, and developing effective managers Managing naturally Dedication References Index About the Author
Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at McGill University and a founding partner of CoachingOurselves.com. He has won awards from many prestigious academic and practitioner institutions in management and is the author or coauthor of sixteen books. His next project is a series of electronic pamphlets entitled Rebalancing Society: Radical Renewal beyond Left, Right, and Center (see www.mintzberg.org).
Reviews for Simply Managing: What Managers Do and Can Do Better
Winner of the Chartered Management Institute's Management Book of the Year award.<br><br>One of strategy+business magazine's top three management books of the year.<br><br>One of the Toronto Globe and Mail's top ten business books of the year: <br> Henry Mintzberg is a fine writer, with a penchant for humor. <br><br>One of Choice magazine's top ten outstanding books of the year: <br> Mintzberg does not accept conventional wisdom--he challenges it constantly...erudite as well as practical. <br><br>One of Library Journal's top business books of the year.
