First Person
Tales of Management Courage and Tenacity
Will be published approx. on 1. April 1996
Book
Hardback
267 pages
978-0-87584-674-3 (ISBN)
Description
In this collection of first-person accounts from the Harvard Business Review, the 11 contributors describe the hazards and frustrations of trying to be a good manager. From "How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead" and "Reluctant Entrepreneur" to "Nothing Prepared Me to Manage AIDS" and "The Purpose at the Heart of Management, " these essays document the complex and often conflicting responsibilities of the manager: conceiving and implementing strategy; motivating people to do what's best for customers, the business, and themselves; putting themselves in the hot seat of authority while pushing people toward shared responsibility; and developing sensitivity to the needs of subordinates while having the courage to say no. "Unrelentingly compelling...The perfect refutation for anyone who claims a career in business is boring." -- Quality Digest
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87584-674-3 (9780875846743)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.
Content
Part 1 The hard work of being a soft manager, William H. Peace; Nothing prepared me to manage AIDS, Gary E. Banas; What asbestos taught me about managing risk, Bill Sells. Part 2 Empowerment or else, Robert, Frey; How I learned to let my workers lead, Ralph Stayer; The centre-cut solution, Timothy W. Firnstahl; Managing without managers, Ricardo Semler; Why my former employees still work for me, Ricardo Semler. Part 3 The purpose at the heart of management/Tales from a nonconformist company, Hal Rosenbluth; The turnaround value of values, John Thorbeck; The reluctant entrepreneur, Ken Veit; Development, democracy, and the village telephone, Sam Pitroda; The purpose at the heart of management, Kye Anderson.