The New Competitors
Report on American Managers
Published on 2. October 1986
Book
Hardback
408 pages
978-0-471-85087-8 (ISBN)
Description
This study of American management practices gives an account of the skills and personal and professional characteristics that managers need if they are to succeed in today's highly competitive, internationalized environment. The book addresses the needs, interests and aspirations of the "new breed" of American manager, and tells the stories of how individual managers have made big gains and losses - for their companies, providing solid models by which managers can hone their own management skills.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
624 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-85087-8 (9780471850878)
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Content
The Best Organization You've Belonged To; The New Competition; Escaping Business's Bermuda Triangle; Employment Security: Think of the Opportunity; Nurturing Stars; Motivating Through Compensation; Pay for Performance and Personalized Pay; Evading the Business Maturity Trap; Holding Key People and Protecting Yourself if They Leave; Avoiding Deadwood; Letting the Work Force Do More; Identifying True Purpose: Unions and Management; Unions and Competitiveness Thinking; Teaching a Work Ethic; Adding Value; To Decide or Not to Decide; What the Boss Should Do; It All Pays Off in the Competitive Marketplace; Index.